A source with close connections to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe reports that the attack to the PlayStation Network may be a bit deeper than originally reported by Sony. According to the source, who wishes to remain anonymous, the PSN sustained a LOIC attack (which created a denial-of-service attack) that damaged the server. There was also a concentrated attack on the PlayStation servers holding account information. In addition, “Admin Dev accounts were breached.”

As a result, “Sony then shut down the PSN and [is] currently in the process of restoring backups to new servers with new admin dev accounts.” The SCEE source said Japanese servers may be restored tomorrow while the U.S. and E.U. servers will likely be operational the following day.

While this information is only corroborated via a series of Facebook messages, it is certainly not a stretch. Sony Computer Entertainment America recently confirmed that it pulled down the PSN because of an “external intrusion.” This essentially means that hackers were to blame. Sony is officially conducting a thorough investigation. The PSN and Qriocity services were pulled offline by Sony on Wednesday, April 20.

There was plenty of speculation late this week that the Anonymous hackers group was to blame for the PSN downtime. The group previously targeted Sony in retaliation to the legal action against another hacker. Anonymous has since denied involvement in the current PSN downtime.

Again, this information is from a source who claims to have a very close connection with someone at SCEE. We take these reports for what they are at this time, but it is certainly a possibility. If you have information to share, please do so.

http://www.psu.com/PSN-hackers-attacked-Admin-Dev-accounts;-services-returning-in-a-day-or-two--a011425-p0.php

Damn i thought i would be spending some of my easter with some online gaming on my ps3 oh well i guess its just me and my chocolate eater bunnies then

It's amazing what people will do for free games...

Is me are does the europe team always seem to cominucate better,then the American team. I believe what's in the OP. I guess I'll just mess around with my xbox and wii,in the meantime. I'm not tech savy,but I think it would be real hard to catch the hacker's. How would you track them? So,that's my opinion.

Maybe like this?

Umm, what was the thread about again ... mmm Katy Perry.

Into the breach!

Then comes the part where SONY starts charging for PSN to pay for all of this crap and make a more secure network.

even if that did happen, it would be beginning of next gen.

charging wont help anything, do you have any idea how many people bypass XBL's security daily and not get caught? at least hundreds, if not a couple thousand at minimum.

If you have details of large scale security breaches, I'd like to hear it. I'm not talking about individual account theft or game cheating, but things that can break the entire system. Because those are two different animals.