14 DAY TRIAL // The PlayStation Network has been suffering a series of small problems starting with late on Monday and the official website for both Sony and PlayStation have been having problems as Internet group Anonymous seems to be making good on their threat to target the company.
The official Twitter account which handles support for the PlayStation Network has mentioned that the PSN is “currently undergoing sporadic maintenance” and added, “Access to the PSN may be interrupted throughout the day. We apologize for any inconvenience.”
Sony did not say when complete and normal service might be resumed.
The biggest problem for gamers is that their multiplayer session might be affected and that they might not be able to download the content that they have legally bought on the PSN.
Anonymous has told the media that Sony will become a target, adding a justification that says, “You have victimized your own customers merely for possessing and sharing information, and continue to target every person who seeks this information. In doing so you have violated the privacy of thousands.”
Sony has not officially said that the Anonymous threat is connected to the PSN maintenance and to the problems it has had with its official sites.
Judging from comments posted on message boards and in comments sections, the PlayStation Network problems are not widespread and gamers seem to believe that Anonymous is not right in attacking a service that they are using in order to get back at Sony.
Anonymous has said that Sony is being targeted because of how it has acted after the security of the PlayStation 3 home gaming console has been breached.
The company has moved to sue all those involved, claiming damages and asking for all the information to be eliminated by those who spread it on the Internet.
The hackers say they only targeted the PS3 in order to enable homebrew and are not interested in enabling piracy.