Sony PlayStation Network and other game services attacked

[Omaha Steve]

Source: BBC

Sony's PlayStation Network was forced offline for much of Sunday by a cyber-attack in what appears to be a campaign against several online gaming services.

Microsoft's XBox Live, Blizzard's Battle.net, and Grinding Gear Games are among others to have reported being disrupted over the weekend.

The attacks coincided with a bomb scare involving a flight carrying a Sony executive.

An American Airlines jet was diverted after a threat was made online.

FULL story at link.

Hosts this was updated this morning.




Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28925052

[jakeXT]

1. People had to play GTA offline, the horror /nt

[Diclotican]

3. jakeXT

jakeXT

Playing GTA offline is no fun - it is far more interesting and fun to play GTA online with others But I do understand what you are saying - it is not the end of the world as we know it - to not be able to play GTA online...

Diclotican

[eShirl]

2. anonymous retweeted the IP addresses of Lizard Squad members

from supposedly the guy who really took down psn was peeved they claimed credit for "his work"


also, see: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12113749

[Stryst]

4. Ive got a couch co-op group for diablo 3

And the battlenet problems didnt affect me at all, but seriously... isnt this like he third attack on he psn this year?

[sakabatou]

5. Isn't D3 only online?

No offline single-player?

[eShirl]

6. I think the console version has an offline mode

[Stryst]

7. yeah, 4 player local

Ive barely bothered with battlenet.

[sakabatou]

8. But the PC is always on multiplayer?

Makes me even more wary of PKers.