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[aygomyownroad]

Was unable to play splunkey. Thought there was a problem with the game so deleted it. Can't download it again as psn is Down.

Not good enough after last time Sony, your security should be robust enough to stop these attacks with ease

 

[DenogginizerOS]

Blizzard had troubles all night with their servers. May or may not be related, but these things can and do happen to anyone.

 

[benny_a]

Silently drop packages or send a TCP reply "windows size equls 0" But really it depends on the DDoS, your gear and how good you're prepared for those type of attacks. It's still a very effective method.

Based on three articles I've read on the latter and knowing about the former I doubt the claim that this is very effective, especially as it's not new and people with bad intentions won't be respecting proper TCP.

 

[Get_crazy]

Must have been my fault, I've been re-downloading games for days

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[PotionBleue]

Blizzard had troubles all night with their servers. May or may not be related, but these things can and do happen to anyone.

Pretty sure the problem is that by paying for a service, people expect downtimes to be limited and solved quickly, which is perfectly understandable.

 

[MrWilson2912]

Psn is down here in Australia as well

 

[Xando]

You guys should calm down.
DDOS attacks are unfortunately not uncommon.

 

[Impeccable]

Pretty sure the problem is that by paying for a service, people expect downtimes to be limited and solved quickly, which is perfectly understandable.

What is the time frame for fixing and what is the acceptable "%" down?

 

[Alucrid]

What is the time frame for fixing and what is the acceptable "%" down?

When I want to play and 0. In fact there should be so much up time that there's negative down time.

 

[Rebel Leader]

What is the time frame for fixing and what is the acceptable "%" down?

Depends on your personal prefrence

 

[jiiikoo]

What is the time frame for fixing and what is the acceptable "%" down?

Quickly = instantly. At least it seems like people expect that.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Not good enough after last time Sony, your security should be robust enough to stop these attacks with ease

This isn't a security issue though. In the same way GAF sometimes goes down when there's too many users due to E3 or whatever, websites and online services are all suseptible to too many concurrent users. If someone does a DDoS attack, there's nothing they can really do if they clog the servers and sap the bandwidth.

 

[Queen of Hunting]

are they trying to troll anonymous lol

this wont end well i dont think

Lizard Squad @LizardSquad · 3m
This Twitter has been taken over by Anonymous. We do not forgive. We do not forget.

Just kidding, it's still me. kekekekekekekekekekekekekek

 

[Rebel Leader]

You guys should calm down.
DDOS attacks are unfortunately not uncommon.

I'ma having fun here. You hate fun? I hate you >_>

 

[Xando]

Not good enough after last time Sony, your security should be robust enough to stop these attacks with ease

You should read up what a DDOS attack is.

 

[Altered Juice]

giving sony 8:00am est to fix it. not 8:02, not 8:12, not 8:36, at exactly 8:00!

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Based on three articles I've read on the latter and knowing about the former I doubt the claim that this is very effective, especially as it's not new and people with bad intentions won't be respecting proper TCP.

That is very true, my friend.

 

[Lionheart]

Pretty sure the problem is that by paying for a service, people expect downtimes to be limited and solved quickly, which is perfectly understandable.

Pretty sure people pay for World of Warcraft monthly and paid for Diablo III which requires Battle.net to play offline as well.

(Just lost a (free) Hearthstone game because of some network troubles, could be related, don't know).

Either way, man it'd be great if DDOS attacks could be prevented some time in the future.

 

[the_batman]

wow, people still go crazy for Madden?

 

[Dhruv_hanom]

So, is there no way of sniffing these people out?

 

[Rebel Leader]

giving sony 8:00am est to fix it. not 8:02, not 8:12, not 8:36, at exactly 8:00!

 

[Brunobi02]

Yep got logged of rouge legacy.....

 

[Tommy DJ]

Was unable to play splunkey. Thought there was a problem with the game so deleted it. Can't download it again as psn is Down.

Not good enough after last time Sony, your security should be robust enough to stop these attacks with ease

There's a difference between your personal information being stolen and a DDOS. If there's a will, DDOS will bring just about any network down to their knees.

 

[Dec]

Pretty sure people pay for World of Warcraft monthly and paid for Diablo III which requires Battle.net to play offline as well.

(Just lost a (free) Hearthstone game because of some network troubles, could be related, don't know).

Either way, man it'd be great if DDOS attacks could be prevented some time in the future.

I haven't played much WoW in years but I know before Blizzard would credit a few days membership time to your account for unexpected downtime.

 

[Rebel Leader]

So, is there no way of sniffing these people out?

Put bitcoins somewhere?

 

[Majmun]

The people who do these attacks are the biggest nerds and a bunch losers. What do they get out of it?

 

[fixuis]

Was unable to play splunkey. Thought there was a problem with the game so deleted it. Can't download it again as psn is Down.

Not good enough after last time Sony, your security should be robust enough to stop these attacks with ease

There is no such thing as perfect security or 100% fool proof security measures.

 

[Fix The Scientist]

I guess the ability to pause downloads is delayed another year while sony spend the next few months fixing the OS flaw that makes games lock up during a network issue like this. Basic media playback by 2018. Folders 2019.

 

[benny_a]

I haven't played much WoW in years but I know before Blizzard would credit a few days membership time to your account for unexpected downtime.

Which is a nice good will gesture that I appreciated when I played WoW.

 

[Xando]

I haven't played much WoW in years but I know before Blizzard would credit a few days membership time to your account for unexpected downtime.

They arent doing that anymore. Especially not for DDOS attacks because they are mostly very temporary.

 

[Lethal]

That would be weird. Singapore here, all my accounts are definitely down, including the HK one.

Maybe it was cos I was in a game. When I accessed the store from inside a single player gane of TLOU, everything appeared fine. After reboot, I can't access the PSN store at all.

 

[RamzaIsCool]

So, is there no way of sniffing these people out?

Weren't those guys responseble for the PSN hack been caught? It's all lulz now, until there is police knocking at your door. These people are idiots.

 

[Bolts-n-Rays1109]

So I guess Sony still need to put more money into their network security. And people say PSN is on the same level at XBL now. Hopefully PSN is back online soon.

 

[gocubs]

Damn i went with the digital version of Madden 15 which is suppose to start preloading today. Sigh

 

[Xater]

Oh great a new bunch of losers who feel it's funny to ruin my experience.

 

[scoobs]

So I guess Sony still need to put more money into their network security. And people say PSN is on the same level at XBL now. Hopefully PSN is back online soon.

Look up what ddos is.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Nuts

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

The people who do these attacks are the biggest nerds and a bunch losers. What do they get out of it?

Well I'm not trying to defend them, but what do you get out of playing games on sunday?

 

[Lionheart]

I haven't played much WoW in years but I know before Blizzard would credit a few days membership time to your account for unexpected downtime.

Cool, didn't know that, well except for at launch where they were generous because of the extreme server downtimes. Great service.

 

[EL CUCO]

So PSN is down and guess what game is not starting up for me...TLOU. Thanks for the stealth DRM, Sony.

It works. Needed to disconnect PS4 from the Internet at settings. Thanks to the GAFfers that helped

 

[Jafo_]

The people who do these attacks are the biggest nerds and a bunch losers. What do they get out of it?

 

[Xando]

So I guess Sony still need to put more money into their network security. And people say PSN is on the same level at XBL now. Hopefully PSN is back online soon.

smh look up what a ddos attack is.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Well I'm not trying to defend them, but what do you get out of playing games on sunday?

"An excuse not to go to church since I have to kill the Devil in diablo"

 

[Gemüsepizza]

So PSN is down and guess what game is not starting up for me...TLOU. Thanks for the stealth DRM, Sony.

Probably just a timeout problem. Try to disconnect your console from the network and then start the game again.

So I guess Sony still need to put more money into their network security. And people say PSN is on the same level at XBL now. Hopefully PSN is back online soon.

This comment doesn't make any sense. First of all, as others have pointed out, this is not a "security" issue. Second, we don't know how XBL would hold up against such an attack.

 

[Static Jak]

Yeah I can't get into any game. I've tried FEZ, Ground Zeroes and UFC and the furthest they get is the intro screens and then they're on infinite loading.

 

[Rebel Leader]

So PSN is down and guess what game is not starting up for me...TLOU. Thanks for the stealth DRM, Sony.

Are you on a secondary ps4? if so that's your problem.

 

[jiiikoo]

I guess the ability to pause downloads is delayed another year while sony spend the next few months fixing the OS flaw that makes games lock up during a network issue like this. Basic media playback by 2018. Folders 2019.

Guess Xbox is better then? Oh wait, If im not mistaken it works the same on Xbox too. If you haven't set your Xbox as "Home Console" your downloaded games don't work if there is a network problem.

 

[Dremark]

I haven't played much WoW in years but I know before Blizzard would credit a few days membership time to your account for unexpected downtime.

I don't think it would be unreasonable for Sony to credit accounts for a day or two because of this seeing as it's a paid service in PS4.

But as far as prevention goes there's only so much that can be done to prevent it.

 

[Fix The Scientist]

Yeah I can't get into any game. I've tried FEZ, Ground Zeroes and UFC and the furthest they get is the intro screens and then they're on infinite loading.

Turn off your internet connection in settings.

 

[klier]

Fucking hell, on my free sunday? Really?