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Sony Online Entertainment Services Follow PSN Down

nam37 writes "Sony Online Entertainment's various services seem to be down and a message on the official site does not give much information on the particulars. According to a short post on the site, the services were taken down after an investigation revealed a deeper 'intrusion' than expected at first. This is the first we have heard that Sony's MMORPG arm had some sort of security breach. This could be part of Sony's plans to beef up security for the PlayStation Network, but this message seems to indicate that something more serious going on."

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  1. It was the Sony DRM! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone tried to play a Sony music CD in one of their Windows servers during a maintenance window, and the SBRK (Sony-blessed rootkit) decided it had found some pirate MP3...

    1. Re:It was the Sony DRM! by medv4380 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Now that would be funny. What would be funnier would be if they actually used the same master key for PSN and Sony Online that was in the PS3.

  2. Bury that thing in concrete by vlm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bury that thing in concrete, push it into the ocean, or inject seawater.
    Every day, they admit its getting a little bit worse. Just a teenie tiny little itty bitty bit worse.
    It might take months, years, maybe, but we'll finally learn its a complete utter disaster.
    They are doing a good job of keeping themselves in the news by releasing a little bad news each day. No such thing as bad publicity, I guess.
    Oh wait, were we talking about Sony or the reactors here?

    --
    "Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
  3. So, no Star Wars Galaxies?? by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That will really piss off dozens of people, you know.

    --
    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  4. Re:Wanted: Executive Seppuku by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hirai or some other high ranking executive, footage be posted to Failblog and Youtube, then we reconsider, thank you.

  5. Re:Not relevant. by 0123456 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't understand how this relates to US Navy Seals killing Osama bin Laden.

    A lot of them will be pissed off if the servers are still down when he respawns next week.

  6. Re:The voices in my head... by zeptic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes only one 's' in deserts.

    Do you need help counting?