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As the web recovers from Amazon’s 24-hour collapse of its cloud computing business — an outage that took popular services like HootSuite, Reddit and Foursquare down with it — Sony reported Friday morning that its PlayStation Network is down. Some suspect hacktivist organization Anonymous is responsible.
Sony was targeted by Anonymous after it filed a lawsuit against George Hotz, a 21-year-old hacker who unlocked the PlayStation 3′s operating system. In Sony’s original blog post about Friday’s outage, the company mentioned that an “outside party” might be responsible. That post has since been changed.
A recent post on the Anonymous’s Facebook Page seems to take credit for the outage.
“Take a break from online gaming for a while…..it will help your skills, your health, and your emotional levels, which by the way are a bit out of order if they are being shackled by the PSN being down,” it says. “We have no qualms about our actions, even though it may affect fellow anonymous or supporters… we hope they understand the bigger picture.”
However, the organization denies involvement on its website, posting an announcement with the headline, “For Once We Didn’t Do It.”
“While it could be the case that other Anons have acted by themselves, AnonOps was not related to this incident,” it says.
The PlayStation outage affects 70 million registered PlayStation 3 and PSP users who use the cloud-based network to access downloadable games, movies and other media. It also connects players for multi-player games like Call of Duty. In a blog post, Sony said that it might be a full day or two before service is restored
Sony was targeted by Anonymous after it filed a lawsuit against George Hotz, a 21-year-old hacker who unlocked the PlayStation 3′s operating system. In Sony’s original blog post about Friday’s outage, the company mentioned that an “outside party” might be responsible. That post has since been changed.
A recent post on the Anonymous’s Facebook Page seems to take credit for the outage.
“Take a break from online gaming for a while…..it will help your skills, your health, and your emotional levels, which by the way are a bit out of order if they are being shackled by the PSN being down,” it says. “We have no qualms about our actions, even though it may affect fellow anonymous or supporters… we hope they understand the bigger picture.”
However, the organization denies involvement on its website, posting an announcement with the headline, “For Once We Didn’t Do It.”
“While it could be the case that other Anons have acted by themselves, AnonOps was not related to this incident,” it says.
The PlayStation outage affects 70 million registered PlayStation 3 and PSP users who use the cloud-based network to access downloadable games, movies and other media. It also connects players for multi-player games like Call of Duty. In a blog post, Sony said that it might be a full day or two before service is restored