Sony Blames 'External Intrusion' For Lengthy PSN Outage

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Several readers have noted that outages on Sony's PlayStation Network have prevented online play (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6309508.html) for the past few days. The company has now blamed an 'external intrusion' for the trouble (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/22/update-on-playstation-network-qriocity-services/), saying they took down the network to "conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward." Some suspect an attack by Anonymous, who declared war on Sony (http://slashdot.org/story/11/04/06/2159235/Anonymous-Launches-Attack-On-Sony) earlier this month, but Anonymous has disavowed knowledge of such an attack (http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=848). Meanwhile, others are asking whether Sony should compensate users (http://kotaku.com/#!5795055/does-sony-owe-you-anything-for-the-psn-outage) for the inability to play PS3 multiplayer modes, and even single-player modes (http://kotaku.com/#!5794533/playstation-outage-makes-some-capcom-games-unplayable-offline) on a few downloadable games.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/23/2143213/Sony-Blames-External-Intrusion-For-Lengthy-PSN-Outage