Sony to answer Congress' PSN outage questions

you welcome BrianMX34.

@MotoMario, you just showed that you didn't even understood my original message, how could you then even judge it? I didn't buy three Xbox, I only bought one back in 2005, before I knew about PROD. But Microsoft owned up and has given me two free replacement models. My original message was about how companies deal with faults of their own. In what way is that condescending? I praised Microsoft for how they helped me resolve this issue (for me). Judging by the feedback I've got for this response as well as the feedback you received for your original comment, I don't think you're right about my original comment. Perhaps you should re-read it, I wasn't offending anyone I was just placing what you said into a broader perspective.

@ronnet okay man. I'm not that upset i just figured you'd laugh about how stupid this argument is. You're first response was condescending. But i don't even know you and i'm sure thats not the case. no need to get so excited about it. AND FYI if you bought a THIRD xbox that means you knew about the rings.

i hate,no wait i dont hate them i simply dislike the for what they did and hope that they will burn in an endless oblivion thats all

@MotoMario, I used arguments to make my point. You're response is that I'm a dickhead.... right. Also FYI, I was not aware of PROD when I bought my 360 (otherwise I would have never gotten it), and I have not put my trust into Xbox Live either, I'm still using Microsoft Point Cards for lack of a better alternative.

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@Crash_WL I totally agree with you.

@jiraiyar94... yeah i know... i realize sony could have done better, but most just took this out of proportion, nothing more... it seems like people cant even try to understand this, they simply bash :S yeah sony was responsible in some part, but i believe they reacted well... they had some fault but not as much as people think, i dont understand a lot in terms of security techology or anything, but i dont find hard to believe that the mistakes sony made, are probably made by other companies.. so is not just about sony, its about a whole industry and they are making sony, the new ACTIVISION(in terms of being an evil company) About the comment... i didnt want to sound too sentimental or anything, but wednesday was a hard day at school, just that!! thanks for the corrections and the warning :)

@Claudiov1_0 Wo wo wo wooouuh, let's not get sentimental here my friend ;S we have to be objective on both sides (gamers and companies). Ok I understand that SONY is not God and makes mistakes and that some people can't get over it... but Sony IS responsible for what happened. If you are going to have all that information from a gamer you must handle it carefully. Things got out of their hands, and that´s understandable, but you saying that they don't have the fault at all is as extreme as what the other guy (which comment I couldn't find) probably posted. Not anything against you just stating a point (;

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taino1128 Ohhhhh, okay XD All answering to congress could do is enlighten the rest of us--and it has now that I've read through GameSpots article on it. Can't see why anybody wouldn't want them to. And yeah, I remember hearing that service was going to come back on the 3rd, but that's come and gone...And there is always singleplayer! :D Although, I'm an avid MAG player, and that's online only. God damn Anonymous... >:(

good, i hope Sony get a big spank for this, I'm so upset with the whole thing, and i don't think 30 days of free subscriber plus is worth having all my private information stolen, you suck Sony

THERE TAKING THIS TO WASHINGTON?!

come on. if the pentagon can get hacked im sure xbox can be too

And E3s Coming up.. Oh Dear.. Do not Like Where this is going for sony.

I just wanted to play mk online damn it!

may be we'll see KAZ HIRAI go on a PRESS CONFERENCE with the president BARAK OBAMA on the white house and announce " Ladies & Gentlemen,,,,We got'em " the darn hackers........

@slvrraven9,yeah you are just one of those guys who likes to complain.... necessary info? yeah sony provided the necessary info, it isnt what you would like to hear, but they made us aware of the risks and potential consequences of this outage... arent they improving security? last time i checked, they were moving their servers to a new location and they improved it....oh wait you are one of those people who thinks that they should rebuild an entire network.. is that it.. because i dont understand how you can possibly think that they could have deal with this is in a more responsible way... About the goodies... what did you want.. a car, a new house?? they are rewarding us for something they are not responsible for... just for pacience... Besides, if you dont like sony products or the way sony reacted, and you lost your trust in the company, dont buy anythin from it truth is, that sony gave us awareness of the risks, is improving security, and will give us a relatively pleasant reward, for something they did not had any fault!! you can complain and wine how you want, but if you dont like it stay away from it, the last thing everyone needs is more people who simply just cant stop complaining. If i find your next comment worth of responding, i will, but dont count on it!

They still need to address "why you cannot determine if the data was in fact stolen.to me that was one of the biggest questions. They have still not said for SURE that no CC was taken(from PSN not the SOE servers), they just keep saying things like "not likely"

@GoingPostal13 I didn't say it was crystal freakin' clear did I? It's something, but not enough. I can still make all the accusations I damn well want though. OJ KILLED HIS WIFE!!!!

@goingpostal13 Anonymous is a part of a community on a larger scale. I don't believe that that group has anything to do with it still, but more like certain individuals of this community that associated with anonymous. Like they said, "rouge elements", it seems to me they are leaning towards something else. They wouldn't answer some questions because of "security reasons",they probably have a idea of where and or who, just a matter of time till we all find out and someone gets caught.

@tmacman yeah - they found a file labelled 'anonymous' - the name proves it!! That's weaker than my 90 year old gran's bladder. Seriously.

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@shahabgb hahaha you can't even insult someone without looking like an idiot. bravo.

Now its 100% official Sony/PS3 Sucks, im so happy i never gave any of my credit card info on my PS3 and only used it for what it's good for. A Great Blu Ray player. =)

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They're pathetic. A bunch of teenagers broke into their amazingly well secured servers. wtf...

A lot of strange things happened in last few weeks... o0

:lol:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/04/sonys-response-to-the-u-s-house-of-representatives/ The newest blog post, they've answered, and there appears to be evidence that anonymous, or members of it, pulled this stunt, go ahead, read it.

Omg. If anybody actually wants some answers just go to http://blog.us.playstation.com/ They've been posting updates and explinations about the psn outage every day.

@Rikudo-Pein - yes, dick cheney. that guy that likes to shoot people. dick cheney. I think he told someone to walk it off once.

@shahabgb you're making less and less sense by the post. yet somehow i'm entertained.

Some people are really having some time to train their skills in offline mode right now.

geez I never thought the playstation network would ever go down this long well over a week and still down those hackers must have done some major damage to cause sony to rebuild it from the ground up hope to play mortal kombal online soon

its' not bad? sony still hasn't fixed PSN. SONY blaming others for their open door network instead of fixing the real problem, no its' not bad its' not bad at all. sony is a better spin master then electronic manufacturer. PSN working as intended?

@AceCometh true, and also through the investigation find a trail leading to said hackers. at least one can hope

Man, I would really love to play some Mortal Kombat online right now.....

To those who thumb down the post with this link, have you actually read whats written there? I guess not because it"s good news. http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/02/playstation-network-security-update/

Hold on I'll read this article after this game of halo

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farmer giles had a cow....he milked the cow every morning for 23 years but one day the cow dried up and blah blah blah. oi sony! Mooooooo!! . phh. cmon! fix this s....! or give me ps4.

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Its not THAT bad after all. Internet drama queens are good at making things look much worse than they are. http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/02/playstation-network-security-update/

Got rid of my PSN account. Good riddance I say. This whole thing is so whack, it's embarrassing.

i love how some people get so defensive when their whole "reality" is threatened in here. Especially when they defend some inanimate object. LMAo...

@ngboy Point well taken. But it wouldn't make sense to have all resources tied up into finding those that hacked one corporation. It's a good bet that part of the reason Sony has to come before Congress to answer questions is a hope to find any info that could be used in preventing a similar attack on government databases. I'm not saying that's the sole underlying reason. Also the hack occured on U.S. soil, if I'm not mistaken, in California. Correct me if I'm wrong.

@shahabgb Sorry, I don't get what you're saying at all.

OUT OF ORDER! this whole thing... F***** sucks!

will you rush to buy the PS4 when it comes out? up= yes down=no