PSN downtime continues as BBC raises issue of security
With Sony’s PlayStation Network now offline for the sixth day running, speculation continues to run wild as to what caused the problem and the potential after effects of such a major crash.
The PSN was taken offline last Wednesday, when Sony revealed that an “external intrusion” had forced it to shut down the service until further notice. Sony hasn't confirmed precise details on what has caused the crash, but has released a number of statements confirming that its “working to get them back online quickly.”
The widespread problem, which has affected North American and European territories, has now made the national news in the U.K. and the BBC’s popular Breakfast Time programme. On the show, the technology editor Rory Cellan-Jones suggested that there could be a security threat for those who own a PSN account. With 70m account holders worldwide and a millions of credit cards details up for grabs that’s a lot of people who could be affected.
We’d like to hope that this isn’t the case and accounts have not been hacked, but until we have the official word from Sony – and the longer the issue remains unresolved – the more people will get worried of the widespread implications of such an attack. Stay tuned to PSU for more details as they break.
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