PlayStation Network set to be fully restored this week as hackers threaten Sony with more attacks
Sony have announced that the PlayStation Network (PSN) will be up and fully operational by the end of this week. The consumer electronics giant had announced earlier that the PSN would be restored in phases and it seems that the process is nearing completion.
According to the official PlayStation blog, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that the PSN services would be fully restored in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Sony did however, concede the fact that Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan would have to wait
a little bit longer.
Along with the standard PSN services, Qriocity would also be restored for subscribers on the PS3, PSP and Sony VAIO. Other features such as In-game commerce, the ability to redeem vouchers and codes and full functionality on Media Go would also be restored.
Yet the big news came with the announcement that the PlayStation Store, Sony’s equivalent to the Xbox Marketplace, would be re-launched as well.
Sony Corporation’s Executive Deputy President, Kazuo Hirai stated that the PlayStation Store would be more secure this time around.
“We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of our commerce functions in order to bring the PlayStation Network completely back online so that our fans can again enjoy the first class entertainment experience they have come
to love.”
At the same time Sony seems to be under fresh threats from hackers who claim to be preparing to launch a fresh set of attacks on the company.
LulszSec, the hacker responsible for breaching security measures at the Japanese Sony BMG website, tweeted that they were going to go after Sony again, claiming that Sony were nearing their end.
“We're working on another Sony operation. We've condensed all our excited tweets into this one: this is the beginning of the end for Sony.”
The hacker also went on to tweet that they were celebrating their victory (a recent hack on PBS.org) and stating “The fun will never stop!".
Sony is yet to comment on the claims of another breach as they look to recover from the $171.2 million cost that the outage of their online services and the PlayStation Network cost.
There were two attacks that resulted in the PSN having to be taken offline with the first one affecting the data of 77 million users, while a second attack was later confirmed to have compromised the data of another 25 million users.
The latest threats may not be serious, yet Sony will be taking extra measures to avoid any further embarrassment as it looks to re-establish the trust between them and their customers.
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