PlayStation network failure caused by 'external intrusion,' continues with third day

By Vlad Savov posted 23rd Apr 2011 10: 11 AM it began on a quiet Wednesday night with PlayStation gamers to find their network on their log in attempts not respond and continues now in its third day. Sony has finally illuminate the problems, which it with PSN and to no one's surprise, which has had the perpetrators identified for his troubles as "an external intrusion." The current downtime for PSN is claiming the second of its kind this month with the anonymous group online cruise ship responsible for the first. Sony will now both PSN and his Qriocity music-streaming service offline until it can detect the vulnerability that has exploited and put a stop to keep. Turn over at the break for full statement of the company.

Update: The PlayStation blog has an update to its U.S. Portal today before evening, that is, the service interruption continued for a good l?nger-- according to Sony Patrick Seybold, that "Our system, to strengthen our network infrastructure is company reconstruction" and work without having to do this to stop,.

[Thanks, Christian and Joe]

An external intrusion on our system has our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services affected. A thorough investigation into the implementation and the smooth and safe function of our future network services check, we disabled PlayStation Network & Qriocity services in the evening of Wednesday, April 20. provision of quality services for our customers and partners is entertainment our highest priority. We do try to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will update continue immediately, as we have additional information to share

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