PlayStation Network not working due to hacker attack?

Sony has a special approach to providing information about its problems. In general, many large corporations usually remain silent until the problem is completely resolved, after which they try to whitewash themselves with a detailed account of what the problem arose and how it was solved. But in the case of Sony, everything is somehow confusing. In general, many have heard that the PlayStation Network service did not work for several days (on Monday it was in “down”). Prior to this, Anonymous was going to carry out a large-scale attack on Sony's servers in order to avenge GeoHot, who was given the world-wide “offer that he couldn’t refuse”. Apparently, the world is not so much like a hacker who has promised to henceforth boycott Sony products (by the way, the shares of the corporation after this statement fell slightly in price). Well,

At first everything seemed to be fine, and there were only minor interruptions in the PlayStation Network service. But then very significant problems followed, as a result of which the service was down for several days, and Sony either kept silent or spoke vaguely about “security problems”. After some time, Sony representatives announced an “external intrusion”, which was the reason for the inoperability of the PlayStation Network and the Qriocity music service.

On Monday, that is, yesterday, Sony published a message stating that "we are waiting for more information about when the PlayStation Network and Qriocity will be operational." However, it is still unclear how long to wait, and when the services will work.

Interestingly, a previously published postAnonymous said that the group had nothing to do with the incident, but did not deny the possibility that some members of this community were involved in the attack on Sony servers. In general, Anonymous disowned this attack. Moreover, in a message published on the same Anonymous website, it was reported that it is possible that Sony is trying to divert attention from problems with its own servers and transfer responsibility to hackers.

In general, there is no answer to the question “who is to blame and what to do”, however, experts say that if the attack was aimed at hacking servers and stealing personal data, this could be dangerous for millions of users of Sony services, since the user’s profile is tied to information about a credit card. In this case, it is really beneficial to blame for what happened (and is still happening) on ​​Anonymous, since in this case you can quickly find the "culprits", remaining white and fluffy.

True, blaming Sony is also premature, as there is no detailed information about what has happened.

Via Yahoo