Broder Salsa
Banned
Meanwhile at Sony
PSN connection problems (12/24)
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TheBaronOfNA
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Meanwhile at Sony
I suppose that a ton of people are working in holidays because a shitty prank is supposed to be funny.
Agh. How many times am I going to have to change my passwords this year!?
Muffin Awesome
Member
Holy shit that's amazing.
I work in the industry, everyone knows this is a risk you take trading online. You balance the risk, the reward, and the cost of the mitigation options you put in place. Then you pray you never have to use them because a big botnet will simply soak your provider just as surely as they'll soak you. It was only a few years ago that Paypal and Mastercard were hit at a cost of millions of pounds.
The One and Done
Member
Fuck it I'm getting drunk.
Agent X
Member
I have been reading some interesting posts in this thread explaining DDoS attacks and how they work.
I've been thinking about the nature and severity of these attacks. I have to wonder that if a bunch of hackers could cripple purely "recreational" services for a day or two, then what would happen if such effort were focused on other services that have a much more serious impact on our daily lives? What if the DDoS were aimed at a government agency, bank, healthcare provider, or another group where the flow of information (or lack thereof) can have a profound effect on someone's life?
It's been said that nothing can be done to totally prevent the possibility of a DDoS. While that might be true, there must be something that other companies and organizations do to minimize the impact. Otherwise, we would be hearing about these attacks in the news much more often, especially if they should ever affect some important, vital service.
Even in the online entertainment sector, considering all of the network traffic that reaches Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and YouTube I've never heard of them getting shut down for days at a time. Why have they been seemingly immune from this problem while Sony isn't? Have they ever been targeted to this extent before?
In light of all of this, is there anything Sony (and other companies) can do in the future to reduce the chances of their online networks getting affected by a DDoS attack? If not, then should we fear that other "important" sites and services could also get knocked out at hackers' whim?
I've been thinking about the nature and severity of these attacks. I have to wonder that if a bunch of hackers could cripple purely "recreational" services for a day or two, then what would happen if such effort were focused on other services that have a much more serious impact on our daily lives? What if the DDoS were aimed at a government agency, bank, healthcare provider, or another group where the flow of information (or lack thereof) can have a profound effect on someone's life?
It's been said that nothing can be done to totally prevent the possibility of a DDoS. While that might be true, there must be something that other companies and organizations do to minimize the impact. Otherwise, we would be hearing about these attacks in the news much more often, especially if they should ever affect some important, vital service.
Even in the online entertainment sector, considering all of the network traffic that reaches Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and YouTube I've never heard of them getting shut down for days at a time. Why have they been seemingly immune from this problem while Sony isn't? Have they ever been targeted to this extent before?
In light of all of this, is there anything Sony (and other companies) can do in the future to reduce the chances of their online networks getting affected by a DDoS attack? If not, then should we fear that other "important" sites and services could also get knocked out at hackers' whim?
Broder Salsa
Banned
A brave sacrifice.
gutter_trash
Banned
I'm not going back home until psn is back
ComfyCouch
Banned
Get comfortable.
Ingueferroque
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Doesn't seem like anyone is working on it?
Live Free or Die
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Meanwhile at Sony
drive by trolling is frowned upon on here.
MMaRsu
Member
sure aside from them stating on Twitter that they are working harf to rwstoring the services.
The One and Done
Member
Meanwhile at Sony
I'd laugh except this shit ain't funny nor is it good for gamers
lmao. I'm sorry that really sucks.
My brother, 15, is out of his mind bored because of this. I wish I could watch netflix on my ps4 but whatever I got my wii u and da i to play. Still sucks Sony has no more excuses because this keeps happening to them. Wtf are they doing with that ps4 and plus money?
Ingueferroque
Banned
Let me tell you some tips and tricks for your new PS Vita!
MMaRsu
Member
You can watch Netflix if you've installed the app man!
PS4 owner here, and yeah, gotta admit that the Sony apologism and sycophancy is a little irritating.
I made the decision to jump to Sony on the back of the initially announced XBone approach of hamstringing people with heavy online requirements, so I can certainly see a bit of amusing irony in finding myself now as a PS4 owner in online limbo.
I made the decision to jump to Sony on the back of the initially announced XBone approach of hamstringing people with heavy online requirements, so I can certainly see a bit of amusing irony in finding myself now as a PS4 owner in online limbo.
Christmas is over.
awww yes. I just guessed it was down. Sweet
False.
Broder Salsa
Banned
So if backseat moderation m8.
and it was merely poking fun at Sony being the slowest top recover from a ddos attack. Isn't that what you do Diddy great loss worth humor? I myself bought my dad drive club for Christmas in his own request and now he can't play it. He sends me fb messages all the time asking me for updates, we're all suffering.
jadedm17
Member
My silver lining is reigniting my Vita love.
The One and Done
Member
Out of your ass you pull this information. Please stop it with these false claims people.
ComfyCouch
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They do.
However some games have problems when servers try to connect but can't (disconnect ethernet or wifi to fix), and some people experience licencing issues (which is not an issue if your PS4 is set as your main system) when PSN is down.
I've been playing Strider and The Binding of Isaac all evening.
tearsofash
Member
It won't even let me play final fantasy xiv 
ALBOFIGHTER
Member
The digital games I have will not work unless I'm online. Pretty messed up for Sony to do this
ComfyCouch
Banned
Correct, it would be messed up if true.
MMaRsu
Member
Sure they do if your system is set to primary and the licenses are verified. Im playing Diablo 3 right now and I bought it digitally.
GameAddict411
Member
I have TLOU digital on the ps4 and it's working fine.
Meanwhile at Sony
lol struggle is real
It won't even let me play final fantasy xiv
Welcome to the club. Too bad you have to be signed into PSN for it to work... even though it doesn't require PS+
The worst part is that it's working on PS3 and PC. It's just PS4 users who can't play at this point.
YoYo Switch
Banned
damn, i was gonna buy ground zeroes tonight shit
Ditto with digital Madden 15. Can't get roster updates obviously, but I can play offline.
vasametropolis
Member
Just stop changing them. Happens so often it doesn't even matter. Just use two factor authentication on anything that supports it.
Fnord
Member
13,000 accounts over that many services? I'm not buying it. That's way too few accounts for even one of some of those services to be an actual breach.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
This is beyond ridiculous.
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
For us normal people. The PSN infrastructure group apparently never got a Christmas break because of some shitty kids running scripts for the lulz.
It's not only unfunny to make fun of the innocent party that's sacrificing time with their families to get your viddy games working, its also a bit heartless. Grow up.
JacksUsername
Member
Was able to add a couple of gift cards on my Vita and buy a couple of games. Starting the downloads took a bunch of tries, but now both are going.
Vita seems to be faring better, I can connect with it with some difficulty, but my ps3 refuses altogether.