Playstation Network is a Joke!

So you guys in the UK actually get ZERO lag when playing online?
 
amolbhatia100 said:
So you guys in the UK actually get ZERO lag when playing online?
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Depends who I'm playing, I've played lads who live near to me with bad lag, but people from America with none. individual connections weigh in a lot here.
 
Apparently youporn went down today aswell, an unusual spike in usage over the past week or so caused the servers to crash.
 
kps88 said:
I've played in India too with minimal lag on a 512Kbps connection.
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How?!

I've got a 2 or 5 Mbps (keep forgetting which one) connection but there's always enough lag to put me off.
 
Eyepopper said:
apparently sales of Ritalin, Kleenex and hand lotion have gone through the roof worldwide over the past week or so.

Panic buying has been reported in various places.
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Eyepopper said:
Apparently youporn went down today aswell, an unusual spike in usage over the past week or so caused the servers to crash.
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Someone laugh at Eyepoppers wanking jokes so he stops spamming the thread and so we can get back to console wars.
 
Sony T&Cs claim no responsibility for data theft

Sony's PSN terms and conditions suggest the company isn't liable for the loss of customers' personal information.

As spotted by Edge, the firm's T&Cs read: "We exclude all liability for loss of data or unauthorised access to your data, Sony Online Network account or Sony Online Network wallet and for damage caused to your software or hardware as a result of using or accessing Sony Online Network."

However, the Information Commissioners Office, an independent UK authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, told the site: "While we are unable to say where the data is being stored at present, if it was in the UK, this clause would not free them from their obligations under the UK Data Protection Act.

"If we found a breach, one of the actions we could take would be to issue an undertaking, which is an agreement between the ICO and the company that if they are handling personal information they have to bring about set improvements in order for them to be compliant with the act."

The ICO added: "If the company is not compliant with the act within a certain time limit, further action would be taken and we might consider an enforcement notice or issue a monetary penalty. For serious breaches of the act, we can issue a monetary penalty up to £500,000."

The PlayStation Network has been out of action for a week following a security breach that has resulted in the theft of customers' personal data.
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:lol:

One guy on a forum claims cross-game chat & in-game video chat will be brought to the PS3 once the PSN is restored. I'd prefer access to the Uncharted 3 beta instead.
 
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:

We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence that credit card data was taken at this time, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, to be on the safe side we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.

For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security, tax identification or similar number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.

To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant to review your account statements and to monitor your credit or similar types of reports.

We thank you for your patience as we complete our investigation of this incident, and we regret any inconvenience. Our teams are working around the clock on this, and services will be restored as soon as possible. Sony takes information protection very seriously and will continue to work to ensure that additional measures are taken to protect personally identifiable information. Providing quality and secure entertainment services to our customers is our utmost priority. Please contact us at www.eu.playstation.com/psnoutage should you have any additional questions.

Sincerely,
Sony Network Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment Teams
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amolbhatia100 said:
How?!

I've got a 2 or 5 Mbps (keep forgetting which one) connection but there's always enough lag to put me off.
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I suppose it depends on what game you're playing and at what time.

Call of Duty is the best. Hardly ever lags, especially if you play during peak time (night).

FIFA is more inconsistent. You rarely get a perfect game but at the same time its rarely unplayable.
 
Sony Online Entertainment has assured its customers that their personal information has not been compromised as a result of the PSN data leak.

"We wanted to update you on the status of our examination of the SOE system intrusion we announced last week. We have been conducting a thorough investigation and, to the best of our knowledge, no customer personal information got out to any unauthorized person or persons," said SOE's director of global community relations, Linda Carlson.

"We are continuing that investigation and monitoring the situation carefully; should the situation change, we will -- of course - promptly notify you."

While the DC Universe and Free Realms games have remained unaffected on PC, the PS3 versions have obviously been unplayable since the PSN outage seven days ago, and the firm plans to make it up to fans.

"To thank players for their patience, we will be hosting special events this weekend across our game portfolio, including a Double Station Cash day on Saturday, April 30th," said Carlson.

"We're also working on a 'make good' plan for players of the PS3 versions of DC Universe Online and Free Realms. Details will be available soon on the individual game websites and forums."
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CVG

I'm sold. :nervous:
 
To the people concerned about their finances and cards, you are typically protected in the United Kingdom from fraudalent use which would see the banks reimburse you if money was stolen from you through no fault of your own.

Something else to consider is that you can forget above the likes of Xbox Live or PSN, the most secure and intelligent networks in civilian life are those of banks and clearing companies. If this was a worst case scenario when card details were stolen en masse, the likes of visa and mastercard would know about it by now as they would detect an unwarranted spike in usage and would start clamping down.

So if any such details have been stolen it would be on a much lesser scale than feared, and you should be protected against it.
 
When people are saying change passwords is tht just the psn one
 
card details were encrypted apparently so all should be good on that front. Hopefully.
 
saw an article today in a paper which basically said something along this lines of, "listen you cnuts dont start panicking and cancelling your cards just yet, keep and eye on your accounts and everything is gravy"
 
zub2007 said:
When people are saying change passwords is tht just the psn one
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Suggesting to change passwords that you have used the same email address and passwords that have been used on PSN, e.g paypal etc
 
First off, we want to again thank you for your patience. We know that the PlayStation Network and Qriocity outage has been frustrating for you. We know you are upset, and so we are taking steps to make our services safer and more secure than ever before. We sincerely regret any inconvenience or concern this outage has caused, and rest assured that we’re going to get the services back online as quickly as we can.

We received a number of questions and comments yesterday and early today relating to the criminal intrusion into our network. We’d like to address some of the most common questions today.

We are also going to continue to post updates to this blog with any additional information and insight that we can over the next few days.

We are reading your comments. We are listening to your suggestions. Please keep them coming.

Thank you.

Q: Are you working with law enforcement on this matter?
A: Yes, we are currently working with law enforcement on this matter as well as a recognised technology security firm and local law enforcement to conduct a complete investigation. This criminal attack against our system and against our customers is a criminal act and we are proceeding aggressively to find those responsible.

Q: Was my personal data encrypted?
A: All of the data was protected, and access was restricted both physically and through the perimeter and security of the network. The entire credit card table was encrypted and we have no evidence that credit card data was taken. The personal data table, which is a separate data set, was not encrypted, but was, of course, behind a very sophisticated security system that was breached in a malicious attack.

Q: Was my credit card data taken?
A: While all credit card information stored in our systems is encrypted and there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained. Keep in mind, however, that your credit card security code (sometimes called a CVC or CSC number) has not been obtained because we never requested it from anyone who has joined the PlayStation Network or Qriocity, and is therefore not stored anywhere in our system.

Q: What steps should I take at this point to help protect my personal data?
A: For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.

To protect against possible identity theft or other financial loss, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review your account statements and to monitor your statements.

Q: What if I don’t know which credit card I’ve got attached to my PlayStation Network account?
A: If you’ve added funds to your PlayStation Network wallet in the past, you should have received a confirmation email from “DoNotReply@ac.playstation.net” at the email address associated with your account. This email would have been sent to you immediately after you added the funds, and will contain the first four digits and last four digits of your credit card number. You can also check your previous credit card statements to determine which card was attached to your PlayStation Network or Qriocity accounts.

Q: When or how can I change my PlayStation Network password?
A: We are working on a new system software update that will require all users to change their password once PlayStation Network is restored. We will provide more details about the new update shortly.

Q: Have all PlayStation Network and Qriocity users been notified of the situation?
A: In addition to alerting the media and posting information about it on this blog, we have also been sending emails directly to all 77 million registered accounts. It takes a bit of time to send that many emails, and not every email will still be active, but this process has been underway since yesterday. At this time, the majority of emails have been sent and we anticipate that all registered accounts will have received notifications by April 28th. Consumers may also visit uk.playstation.com/psnoutage and Qriocity - Home for notices regarding this issue. In addition, we have taken steps to disseminate information regarding this issue to media outlets so that consumers are informed.

Q: What steps is Sony taking to protect my personal data in the future?
A: We’ve taken several immediate steps to add protections for your personal data. First, we temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and, second, we are enhancing security and strengthening our network infrastructure. Moving forward, we are initiating several measures that will significantly enhance all aspects of PlayStation Network’s security and your personal data, including moving our network infrastructure and data center to a new, more secure location, which is already underway. We will provide additional information on these measures shortly.

Q: Has Sony identified the party or parties responsible for the PlayStation Network hack and subsequent theft of personal information?
A: We are currently conducting a thorough investigation of the situation and are working closely with a recognised technology security firm in order to find those responsible for this criminal act, no matter where in the world they might be located.

Q: When will the PlayStation Network and Qriocity be back online?
A: Our employees have been working day and night to restore operations as quickly as possible, and we expect to have some services up and running within a week from yesterday. However, we want to be very clear that we will only restore operations when we are confident that the network is secure.
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PlayStation.Blog.Europe : Your daily fix of PlayStation news from across the SCEE region
 
Retirantmobs said:
Suggesting to change passwords that you have used the same email address and passwords that have been used on PSN, e.g paypal etc
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So if BOTH the same email address and password has been used for another site then only you should change it
 
We finally have some good news for PS3 users who are dying to get online again on their systems, as it looks as if Sony has inadvertently confirmed that the PlayStation Network will be back online by the weekend at the very latest.

Sony has been talking in a blog post about their plans to compensate players of PS3 MMO DC Universe Online and revealed that they will be holding something known as a ‘double station cash day’ for players on April 30th – this coming Saturday, as reported from Eurogamer.

This information was revealed by SOE director of community relations Linda Carlson, as she added below:

“To thank players for their patience, and we will be hosting special events this weekend across our game portfolio, including a Double Station Cash day on Saturday, April 30th. We are also working on a ‘make good’ plan for players of the PS3 versions of DC Universe Online and Free Realms.”
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PlayStation Network (PSN): Outage Status Update – Online by Weekend : Product Reviews Net

PSN should be back by saturday.
 
zub2007 said:
So if BOTH the same email address and password has been used for another site then only you should change it
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Yes, the hackers may of gained access to your email address and password and many people use the same for all websites which makes it easy for them to access.
 
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Dr. Dwayne said:
Do you know how secure one's details are on the PSN? Like, could someone hack your account, etc? I've wondered about this recently.

On another note, I managed to figure out how to add an additional audio output yesterday, what a wonderfully amazing machine the PS3 is! :cool:
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ahem. Surprised it took so long, really.

Anyway, glad I gave my PSN a unique password from anything else I use.
 
Just got an email from Sony along the lines if "beware of hackerz lolz!"

As if I didn't realise what was going on...
 
iSparky said:
Just got an email from Sony along the lines if "beware of hackerz lolz!"

As if I didn't realise what was going on...
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I'm currently waiting for an email from 50ny that says 'We are deleting unused PSN id's to make space on the network, we need you to confirm a few details with your PSN account, please enter your password and credit card CVC2 number to confirm you are active, failure to do so will result in your PSN being deleted.'
 
someone needs to do a Hitler video (although im guessing one has already been done)

edit - found one

 
Sony has confirmed that it hopes to restore some fuctionality to the PSN service by next Tuesday in a new statement on the PlayStation Blog.

"Our employees have been working day and night to restore operations as quickly as possible, and we expect to have some services up and running within a week from yesterday. However, we want to be very clear that we will only restore operations when we are confident that the network is secure."

Dated April 27, the update posted by Patrick Seybold (Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media), would put the estimated return date for PSN services as May 3, meaning that the service will have been offline for two weeks.

Although which services will be coming back online next week is unclear, Sony has stated they are working on new security measures for the future, as well as seeking out those responsible for the breach, confirming they "are working closely with a recognised technology security firm in order to find those responsible for this criminal act, no matter where in the world they might be located."
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IGN

Interesting.
 
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