Sony PlayStation network hit by cyberattackAugust 25, 2014 - 11:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sony's PlayStation network has been shut down after cyberattackers overloaded it in what's known as a distributed denial of service attack. In a blog post Sony said that no personal information had been accessed. On Sunday, Aug 24, an American Airlines flight carrying a senior Sony executive was also diverted following a bomb scare. The group claiming responsibility for closing down the network also tweeted suggesting there was a security threat to the flight. In a blog Sony said that "the PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network have been impacted by an attempt to overwhelm our network with artificially high traffic". "We will continue to work towards fixing this issue and hope to have our services up and running as soon as possible," the blog said. Sony has said the FBI is investigating the security scare over the flight carrying Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley, which should have landed in San Diego but was diverted to Phoenix, Arizona. Smedley tweeted, "Yes. My plane was diverted. Not going to discuss more than that. Justice will find these guys." Sony's 52 million strong PlayStation network has been hit by hacking attacks before, including a security breach in 2011. Sony had already scheduled routine maintenance work to be done on its PlayStation network on Monday. After 1740 BST some services including PlayStation Store, PSN account management and registration, entertainment services and online gameplay will be unavailable. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |