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The PlayStation Network (also known as PSN) was shut down by Sony on April 20, 2011 due to an "external intrusion" that may have put users personal information at risk. At first, it was planned to remain under maintenance for 2 days, but has been delayed according to Sony.The people behind this was the internet hacktivist group Anonymous.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agowell because people thought that the psn wasn't being used correctly, it on YouTube. im a former psn user, username? mine is hotturkeymilk002 lol
I don't think that why should matter. Like there is an okay reason to gather our personnel information. That is what the hack was doing. They did not shut the PlayStation down and only tried to secretly enter into the system and look at information contained in the records of the PlayStation Users. Sony shut the system down when they learned that there system was hacked. The experts that were hired learned what information was looked at in there investigation of what was done. Sony is keeping the system down until that can bring the system up to a level where it will be protected. The best accurate information can be found in links from the question and the related question. The related question also has a larger number of links for the different blog entries provided by Sony PlayStation
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∙ 13y agoIt is not under maintenance but had an intrusion. The related question will be updated with new information as it is available
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∙ 12y agoIt appears it was to get customer information see related question
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∙ 12y agoit was down because they found out that there was hackers hacking it so they shut it down, for awhile
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Why did psn go down in 2012?
I dont believe it did it may have been maintenance but there was hackers i think in 2011
Are Japan psn servers back up and running?
No the PSN is down world wide
Is the psn stilll down?
Yes
How do you connect to psn with psp go?
you need to have internet to do that then you sign up for psn and your there
How do you make a sub account on Psn?
make a new psn user and and go to the place where you sign in on psn and it will say sign up for playstation network.
Is psn going to be down for 6 weeks?
Yes, rumors are that PSN will be back online May 31 Source: Sony
When will psn be restored?
As you can see, this answer is better .... i have a ps3 and my PSN is ps3 will be restored soon, Sony is now testing PSN if it really works if you want to know make go to us.playstation.com go on blog and you will learn more
What are the release dates for The Online Gamer - 2009 PSN Down 2-4?
The Online Gamer - 2009 PSN Down 2-4 was released on: USA: 17 May 2011
How do you buy games for the psp go?
Well you need PSN credit, and there are two ways to do this: 1. Go to a place where they sell PSN cards (GameStop), scratch off the bottom back of the card with a coin, go to PSN, on the top right of the PSN click redeem codes, input the code that the card you bought has and whatever you payed for the card you will have on PSN. 2. You can pay by credit card.
Can you have a LAN party when the PSN is down?
Yes, you can have a LAN (Local area network) party when the PlayStation Network PSN) is down. A LAN connection does not require Internet access, which is what the PSN relies on. As long as you have an ethernet cord and two or more PlayStation 3 systems, a LAN party is possible.
Why does your playstaiton 3 freeze on black ops?
Because PSN is down.
How do you change your name in LittleBigPlanet?
it is possible go to mange settings or whatever the sign in logo becomes go to the first one and scroll down till you see change psn id
