Sony Yet to Determine Scope of PlayStation Network Attack

Sony has as yet to determine the full scope of an assail on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services that has left more than 75 million people without access for more four days.

The company is conducting a "complete probe" into the outage, said Satoshi Fukuoka, a spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment in Tokyo. Helium declined to provide more information about the nature of the problem, which Sony has blamed on an "extraneous intrusion" into the network.

Atomic number 2 also said the company has not yet determined if the personal information Beaver State credit card numbers of users rich person been compromised, simply that Sony would promptly inform users if it found that was the case.

Monday's update provides no information about when the service might be available once more.

The PlayStation Electronic network is used for PlayStation 3 online gaming and sales of software to consoles and the PlayStation Portable. The Qriocity service runs happening the same network infrastructure and provides audio and video to Sony consumer electronics products.

The biggest impact of the service loss has likely been connected PlayStation 3 users, who were unable to act online games over the weekend. Networked gambling, in which gamers collaborate with others in real-time battles, challenges and quests, is very popular and typically enjoyed by millions.

On Sunday, the company said it was rebuilding its network to healthier sentry go against some future tense attacks and asked customers to wealthy person "a petite more patience" while information technology completes the "clock-consuming" task. Sony had said two days earlier that a reparation would take ""a day or deuce," but that loose deadline has already been missed.

The outage is the most dangerous faced by the avail since it began in 2006.

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