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[VeryGooster]

Seeing some east coast posts. Still not up for me (New Jersey) though I've been watch streams fine.

 

[Gattsu25]

There is one for PSN that I was able to find, I did not see one about all of the other services

You have to dig in the PSN thread to find the other services. I think it's a good idea to have a thread on the wider scope of the DDoS

For those who are unsure what DDoS means: http://letmebingthatforyou.com/?q=What is DDoS?

 

[AGoodODST]

What a shit surprise to come home from work to. Still down (UK) so no Garden Warfare for me.

 

[Fersis]

Dunno if related but Battle.Net was out for a bit last night. Maybe they got DDoS too.

 

[Summer Haze]

The Sunday truce has been around as long as the game itself, man. I mean, you know what I'm saying? You can do some shit and be like what the fuck, but hey, NEVER on no Sunday, man.

I fucking LOVE you for this comment.

 

[SteveWinwood]

They did? Link?
And is this the same group who DDOSed blizzard last week?

theyve been effecting game servers all week

lol, blizzard, cs go, dota

 

[Lindsay]

psn hacked = our accounts are useless for a period of time and data at risk
psn ddos'd = our accounts are useless for a period of time but data is not at risk

I mean at least part of the outcome is similar but c'mon peeps. Doesn't gaf strongly "encourage" ya to read at least part of a thread before replying? This kinda stuffs been brought up on each page for a good whiles now.

btw PS4's sounding annoyingly complicated by some of the posts here. Is there no option to not have it try to sign in automatically at startup like PS3? Having ta pull the ethernet cord or worse, switch off your modem seems super inconvenient just to play single player stuff

 

[Superjay779]

Has Xbox live ever been hacked? Seems weird you can seemingly only hack psn.

Why didn't they hack Nintendo instead?! Or Steam, or Ouya...
These hackers need to be dealt with, asap. But Sony is also at fault for being hacked so easily. This would've never happened with XBL.

Screw those hackers.

I rarely ever hear these kind of attacks happening to other forms of online. It's really rather odd.

 

[IISANDERII]

So, I guess Muslims who want to play video games are somehow not affected?

You won't believe how deep the Metadata they have on you goes.

 

[...Scatter...]

Someone better unhack this situation for the Madden launch. Lord knows EA doesn't need any help fu*king up an online experience.

 

[bigace33]

DDos, hack, or whatever. I don't care, I'm not using my card on PSN anymore. Strictly PSN cards or my Google wallet card. The sad thing is, for most of these clowns this is just practice. These same "hackers" will be Network security for Sony and other major corporations in the future.

 

[davepoobond]

Do you know how many times Blizzard has been DDoS'd like this in just the past couple years? (Hint: A shitton)

Have they ever been hacked on any large scale in the past few years? No.

DDoSing happens. Its shitty. Its stupid. Its nothing to worry about (per se).

Blizzard was compromised in the past year where account info was taken off the servers.




Also, if you think your info isn't already out there at this point you are either incredibly wishful or born in the past year (maybe not even then)

There isn't much we will be able to do other than attaining new identities and rendering our existing ones useless. But even then, those would probably used forever

 

[SkylineRKR]

I think they're just taking the piss as they stated numerous reasons already. But linking it to ISIS isn't the smartest prank to make.

 

[SmoothBrain]

Can't Start tlou Form disc, game stops in the first loading screen before the naughty dog Logo. And I can't access the game for the next week. Fuck my life. I hope they get their asses whooped for this cyber terrorism. Nvm, just took 10mins to load. Carry on, then.

 

[CambriaRising]

The Sunday truce has been around as long as the game itself, man. I mean, you know what I'm saying? You can do some shit and be like what the fuck, but hey, NEVER on no Sunday, man.

Holy shit, lmao.

For reference: http://youtu.be/NzvfWEXU-tc?t=2m37s

 

[Jedi2016]

Someone better unhack this situation for the Madden launch. Lord knows EA doesn't need any help fu*king up an online experience.

lol... "It wasn't our fault, it was the lizard people!!"

 

[KojiKnight]

Are they claiming they're doing it for ISIS on all of them, or just Sony?

It's a button they are pressing to try and get more attention. "Hey, if we can tie ourselves to something else, we can leech off people's hate for that as well!"

 

[Krappadizzle]

My wife quit playing WoW last night because of that attack. This morning she checked her phone and said she's glad they moved on to Sony.

 

[Spineker]

Who wants to bet they do this again on the eve of Destiny's launch.

 

[EL CUCO]

btw PS4's sounding annoyingly complicated by some of the posts here. Is there no option to not have it try to sign in automatically at startup like PS3? Having ta pull the ethernet cord or worse, switch off your modem seems super inconvenient just to play single player stuff

I just went in to the settings and unchecked the "Connect to the Internet" box.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Whats the point of this?

Do Internet warriors typically need reasons?

 

[SteveWinwood]

DDos, hack, or whatever. I don't care, I'm not using my card on PSN anymore. Strictly PSN cards or my Google wallet card. The sad thing is, for most of these clowns this is just practice. These same "hackers" will be Network security for Sony and other major corporations in the future.

be like my aunt and try to put zero personal information on the internet ever

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Bored, asshole kids.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

DDos, hack, or whatever. I don't care, I'm not using my card on PSN anymore. Strictly PSN cards or my Google wallet card. The sad thing is, for most of these clowns this is just practice. These same "hackers" will be Network security for Sony and other major corporations in the future.

And they will only grow stronger.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

I like how silent he went after those ISIS tweets.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

This sucks.

 

[davepoobond]

be like my aunt and try to put zero personal information on the internet ever

Impossible. If she pays utilities or has any relation with a bank, her info is already on the Internet and already being passed around for sale

 

[Jason Frost]

I like how silent he went after those ISIS tweets.

he ded naw

 

[weeeeezy]

I rarely ever hear these kind of attacks happening to other forms of online. It's really rather odd.

With all the people who have been trolling Microsoft after their X1 reveal I'm surprised no one tried this on them. Or I wonder if countless people try but they are just more prepared for DDOS attacks to happen?

 

[Queen of Hunting]

they also dos gw2,wildstar,runescape,brazzers

they also dos krip last night and one of the devs from blizzard who was gonna stream

 

[Paganmoon]

Today marks a milestone for the war on freedom. We've managed to ruin a nice relaxing Sunday and have forced people to leave their homes and enjoy sun light, human interaction, and be productive. Alluh Akbar.

I live in Sweden, nothing but rain, so fuck that

 

[SteveWinwood]

Impossible. If she pays utilities or has any relation with a bank, her info is already on the Internet and already being passed around for sale

i said try

not succeed

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Who wants to bet they do this again on the eve of Destiny's launch.

No that will be the severs being overloaded from actual consumers.

 

[Mlatador]

But why? Just for fun?

 

[Cappa]

No that will be the severs being overloaded from actual consumers.

lol didnt they go down for the BETA?

 

[WarpathDC]

more like they want to meet a judo chop from liam neeson. Also greetings fellow redskin fan.

HAHA AND HTTR!

 

[Catdaddy]

Kind of back in NA. Friends showing trophy sync and store still down.

 

[7threst]

"The Lizard Squad"?

Looking at their Twitter I'd say it's a bunch of kids that'll get caught sooner or later.

 

[Gorillaz]

they also dos gw2,wildstar,runescape,brazzers

they also ddsod krip last night and one of the devs from blizzard who was gonna stream

They went after brazzers

fucking heathens man

 

[jayu26]

There's a big difference between correcting someone and berating them for not knowing. I'm pretty sure that's the point the poster was trying to make.

I did not berate him/her. If TheChewyWaffles feels berated because someone got annoyed becuase TheChewyWaffles did not read thread or try to understand what was actually going on, then TheChewyWaffles can try and defend him/herself. Personally, I feel that TheChewyWaffles deserved all the flak...not berating...flak he got for following post.

Pretty much. And some of you are taking it personally that people are ignorant, too. Get a grip.

 

[Spineker]

No that will be the severs being overloaded from actual consumers.

If they're smart trolls, that is exactly why they attempt to do it again. The PSN could be down for hours.

 

[Apathy]

These guys were hitting wow servers last night and one even logged in to his wow toon (or a wow toon) and dueled a steamer since they were hitting the wow servers because of the streamer. If it actually was a lizard squad script kiddie wow account, it would be the dumbest thing he could have done

 

[bigace33]

The Sunday truce has been around as long as the game itself, man. I mean, you know what I'm saying? You can do some shit and be like what the fuck, but hey, NEVER on no Sunday, man.

 

[Ape]

what? do they claim to have personal info or just ddos

 

[PFD]

But why? Just for fun?

for the lulz

 

[Keyser Soze]

We should have believed Die Hard 4 :/

 

[Katana_Strikes]

"The Lizard Squad"?

Looking at their Twitter I'd say it's a bunch of kids that'll get caught sooner or later.

Either that or they will be back to school soon anyways.

 

[Superjay779]

With all the people who have been trolling Microsoft after their X1 reveal I'm surprised no one tried this on them. Or I wonder if countless people try but they are just more prepared for DDOS attacks to happen?

I have to agree with you. I'm sure other online networks are just more prepared for these kind of attacks.

 

[Akahige]

Well shit that sucks.

 

[pastrami]

some people are missing the main point of my post regardless of them assuming that i'm defending customer's who do not know the difference between a DDoS attack and general term of "hack".

my main point is that, regardless of why PSN went down, whether it be a DDoS attack, hack, or some guy spilled his morning coffee on a magic power button on a west coast server grid.

All the customer sees is that they cannot connect to PSN. They go through normal network diagnostics of checking if the wifi on their phone works. after this, your perfect statement of "something went wrong with it" is the perfect analogy for the situation.

the main reason i'm posting is because it seems that there is an arguement present that "its a DDoS attack so i have no reason to blame Sony for this".

the average joe doesn't know what a DDoS attack is so most likely terms the situation as a Hack. The average consumer thinks "something went wrong at Sony". PR at Sony knows this is what they think too, regardless of what the minority at GAF are saying. Some of us here aren't the "general consumer" and are more inclined to know whats actually going on, I'm assuming that you think 100% of PS4 owners should have your level or knowledge to come up with this opinion as well. If this were the case, I'd have no job

I'm not really quite following what your argument is here, but 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

you said it's not your responsibility to know what DDOS stands for. And you are correct, it is not your responsibility to know. But if you don't know, it is also your responsibility to assume nothing about the situation. You don't go posting around in ignorance.

Instead we have people coming here who are ignorant about the facts, making assumptions about whether or not this was a hack. That is just plain dumb.

Also, you made a comment about how people getting on others for not knowing about what DDOS stands for shouldn't talk unless they know what their car problems are here:

it was a figure of speech to support my main point that: hack or ddos attack, it does not change what end consumer sees on their screen when they play their ps4. If we're on the subject of willful ignorance, i suggest you then go learn all of the possible DTCs your car can set when the CEL comes on

You are assuming that we go onto car forums and talk ignorantly about cars. Actually, think of it this way. If people were going onto car forums and making ignorant comments about their car problems, wouldn't you correct them?