PSN, Battlenet, Riot, and others DDOSed; PSN returning lightly toasted with butter
- Thread starter madmackem
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You'll never catch them like that! You need to triangulate the signal first.
Solaire of Astora
Death by black JPN
C'mon guys lighten up in these harsh times. Don't you get a sarcasm meter when joining GAF? I'll leave
You know how hard sarcasm is to detect on the internet. Especially when there are a ton of people genuinely confusing this for a hack.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Well you sound like a fun individual.
Summer Haze
Banned
No way is this serious. Please tell me that was sarcasm...
C'mon guys lighten up in these harsh times. Don't you get a sarcasm meter when joining GAF? I'll leave
Lmao. My sarcasm detector is clearly broken.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I love this post.
BlackBanditSho
Member
Yes. I had this problem. Physically unplugged it. Started again, stuck on blue wave screen. Again, physically unplugged it. Also couldn't turn it back on. Came to Gaf and saw this thread. Took the following steps:
1. Remove any physical disk from drive if it allows u to eject.
2. Disconnect any usb connected devices, including controller and headphones.
3. Disconnect Ethernet cable.
4. System will now power on. Reconnect DS4 when prompted.
5. System goes to safe mode, restores HD.
6. System boots to main xmb.
7. Go to settings. Uncheck the connect to internet box.
You should be fine from here until they resolve this issue.
Lol this is great. I love GAF
There is some truth to that but I thought it was pretty obvious as some members were crying "hack, hack" in the last few pages even though others were being corrected constantly. We live in a world where guessing someone's password is considered "hacking" though...
But the reactions are pretty fun nonetheless, the OP should be updated, or even better, the topic title. My apologies for stirring shit up haha.
Don't forget the river of binary flooding your screen.
As for this not being a hack, why is everyone getting so caught up on terminology? Not everyone here knows the difference between the two.
Made a small imgur album on what a DDoS attack basically is
http://imgur.com/a/iNinB
This is not the same kind of attack that happened years ago.
http://imgur.com/a/iNinB
This is not the same kind of attack that happened years ago.
Actually you need to access data point 15 and open up the network so it can bounce off the satellite relays.
qa_engineer
Member
Today was the only day this week I could login and play some Battlefield, and it was double XP weekend. So much for that.
I tried booting up to play single player mode. Looks like you can't even get to the menu without psn. Ea servers can't be reached in FIFA either. Fuck this stupid not-a-hack attack
SteveWinwood
Member
cancel your credit cards
Not a good storyboard because it perpetuates the false idea that this is a hack (you label the originator a hacker).
Fenderputty
Banned
I would have imagined larger portion of the posters here would understand what a hack vs a dddos attack is. The average gamer is probably much worse too.
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qizah
Unconfirmed Member
Angry nerds are angry.
I don't get why you'd want to have a DDoS attack on PSN but okay. People need to learn what a DDoS attack is, it's not a hack.
I don't get why you'd want to have a DDoS attack on PSN but okay. People need to learn what a DDoS attack is, it's not a hack.
qa_engineer
Member
thequickandthedead
Member
Are the effects of a DDoS similar to Gaf being down during E3 due to traffic? If so, shouldn't Sony increase server capacity to try and deal with the problem?
Firedemon2370
Banned
Able to play GTAIV online on PS3 atm.
Ok. Sounds like we have a plan. Now we need to keep them online long enough until our counter worm is uploaded. Hide it on a Kaz funny gif.
DidntKnowJack
Member
So I can't access PSN because some young asshole, who has a limited worldview simply because they've only been on the planet a few years, is making a statement about greed. That's fucking awesome. Thanks, internet.
TeddyShardik
Banned
"An excuse not to go to church since I have to kill the Devil in diablo"
I just felt the need to quote this. Made me laugh. Thanks.
Anyway, how can people get so bored when there are videogames around? :<
Fenderputty
Banned
These people are besmirching the name of "broken lizard" and all other good lizard people alike!
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
I didn't make the pics myself, took them from a web-security website. But you are right.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
That's what always gets me. They're always trying to "make a statement" but the statement, as far as I am concerned, is that Sony are happy to provide me the service I pay for, but these people don't want me to be able to use it. They are wasting my time and money, not Sony. Or Blizzard. Or Microsoft. Or anyone else who gets DDoSed.
Actually it's correct. It is saying a hacker hacks into other machines to turn them into bots that carry out DDoS attacks on a target, not that the target is hacked.
qa_engineer
Member
Seriously why not perform this not-a-hack on world bank, debeers, Exxon, [insert major telecom or cable corporation here]?
i dont even know what DDOS stands for. really its not my responsibilty to know.
just like its not my responsibility to know why my brand new car has a check engine light on.
the general consensus is that something is wrong with the engine when a check ENGINE light comes on when actually the gas cap was not tightened and your leaking from the evap system
Huh? It's incredibly basic internet terminology. I'm just surprised so many people on this forum don't know the difference.
qa_engineer
Member
Thank you. Other posters are really up in arms about this and are saying we should do research on the topic "before making stupid posts." Seriously? SERIOUSLY?
legacyzero
Banned
Summer Haze
Banned
It's back up for me. I'm currently playing TLoU online, let's hope it stays up.
I'm in Birmingham, UK, if anyone is wondering.
I'm in Birmingham, UK, if anyone is wondering.
Because PSN has already been hacked once and credit cards numbers and other user information was lost. So saying this is a hack will make people think a similar thing will happen. DDOSing is not hacking.
I don't understand how typing ddos into wikipedia is onerous. Willful ignorance is seriously one of the worst things ever and your analogy is completely irrelevant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddos