Recent PSN Outage

[Van_Fox]

Any one else pissed about the recent PSN outage due to some no-life hackers? I dont know about what went on, the PSN will be down for the next few days while they sort this out. Now I cant download anything >.<
If you want more info, I received this post on the facebooks.

"On 2 April 2011 Anonymous (ANON) launched an attack on the media giant Sony, Named #opsony, it is a part of the Operation Payback (http://www.pcworld.com/article/224360/anonymous_launches_attack_against_sony_ps3_websites.html). Anonymous claims the attack a success after they took down the PlayStation Network and other related PlayStation Websites. The PlayStation Network subsequently has had repeated outages, although Anonymous claims that this is not due to any officially-sanctioned action on their part. They say "for once we didn't do it".

The PSN is still down because of a hack and will remain out of service for another while yet (maybe 1 or 2 more days).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13169518

DO NOT log onto the PSN (could be dangerous).
DO NOT enter ANY personal information (credit card information etc.) until the PSN website says its OK.
DO NOT enter any codes (crown codes, promotion codes etc.)
Doing any of the above is UNSAFE!

DON'T WORRY! Everyone's account details and credit card info is safe, as long as you haven't entered it or used it on the PSN over the last couple of days during the downtime.

Even once the PSN website says it's OK to "carry on as usual", please wait at least 2 hours to make sure it's a legitimate announcement. We don't know what the hackers can do, or what control they have over the PSN so don't rush to log in once it says it's "back online".

We recommend not purchasing anything on the PSN until it's 100% sure that it's back in safe hands. We'll keep you updated. But for the moment, you should be patient and don't worry about it.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/21/latest-update-on-psn-outage/ "

[Van_Fox]

UPDATE: Seems they're rebuilding the network entirely, might take a week or so =/

[Van_Fox]

Btw to any of you guys who have a PSN account WITH credit card info, you might wanna keep track of your credit and transactions. It seems that accounts have been hacked with personal info stolen. So keep a close eye on your mail and what not.

(sorry for the triple post, I just wanna keep this updated and open so people can know)