PSN Back up in NA, Europe. Still down in Japan/Asian regions

[pilonv1]

Thats what I had. Aus & NZ will be one of the last regions I bet.

[The Sceneman]

It was a good thing I didn't get out of bed to play Warhawk!

[AdmiralViscen]

Turns out my cc info was n there. I had deleted it a kong time ago, but I bought one thing a few weeks ago, it is automatically saved afaik, and. Forgot to manually delete it

[demi]

PS3 has no store :troll:

[Mr. Gundam]

Came home earlier today, was able to change the password for my NA account.

Now I try again, and PSN is down.

[Bebpo]

thread title lies, still no psn in japan

tired of all the sfag spin around here

Yeah.  My main account with my friends list and trophies is my original JPN account, so I still can't use it.

Nintendo is the last Japanese hardware company indeed.

[bork]

thread title lies, still no psn in japan

tired of all the sfag spin around here

Yeah.  My main account with my friends list and trophies is my original JPN account, so I still can't use it.

Nintendo is the last Japanese hardware company indeed.

Same here.

[Rman]

thread title lies, still no psn in japan

tired of all the sfag spin around here

I just copied and pasted the news from GAF, which is usually very anal about accurate thread titles.  I guess not!  I'll update it.

[Himu]

updated ps3, deleted info, satisfied.

[Mr. Gundam]

Still waiting for Japan PSN to go back up, plus all the other stuff like the fucking store and being able to access everything else I've already paid for.

[Purple Filth]

http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110515D15JF766.htm

Sony Corp. (6758) will not be allowed to restart its halted online game services in Japan until it provides further information on what measures it has taken since an earlier hacking incident, a Japanese regulatory official said Sunday.

May take a while for Japan then.

[pilonv1]

wow japan

[Barry Egan]

Japan

[naff]

Haha, owned by the bureaucrats

[pilonv1]

AHAHAHAHA my credit card details were from a card that expired in early 2010. Thanks PSN for having nothing of value

[Shaka Khan]

Now that some PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been restored and you’re once again enjoying online gaming and entertainment, we’re happy to provide details about the “Welcome Back” appreciation program for customers in North America. We developed the program as an expression of our gratitude for your patience, support and continued loyalty during the service outage. From all of us at PlayStation, thank you and welcome back!
This package will be made available to all existing registered PlayStation Network and Qriocity users in North America (US and Canada), and will be made available shortly after we have fully restored the service. More specific details about these offers and eligibility requirements will be posted as the services go live.

All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

• Dead Nation
• inFAMOUS
• LittleBigPlanet
• Super Stardust HD
• Wipeout HD + Fury

For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

• LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
• ModNation Racers
• Pursuit Force
• Killzone Liberation

• A selection of “On Us” rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.
• 30 days free PlayStation Plus membership for non PlayStation Plus subscribers.
• Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.
• Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.
• Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.
• To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.

We’d like to thank all of our publishing and development partners who’ve contributed to the Welcome Back program, including Bigbig Studios, Codeglue, Digital Leisure, Guerilla Games, Heavy Water, Housemarque, Lockwood, Loot, Mass Media, Media Molecule, SCE Cambridge Studios, SCE Studio Liverpool, SCE San Diego Studios, and Sucker Punch Productions. We couldn’t have created such a compelling package without them!
As a reminder, you will be able to access the above content shortly after services are fully restored. We are doing everything we can to make that happen as soon as possible. Please visit the following sites for more information about the Welcome Back program in Europe and Latin America.
Thank you again for your support!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/16/details-for-playstation-network-and-qriocity-customer-appreciation-program-in-north-america/

Goddammit, this is what I get for supporting their first party studios. I own all of those save for Dead Nation.

EU list is almost the same, except they get Quest for Booty instead of Super Stardust HD, so I might grab that from there.

[Shaka Khan]

For those who don't own any of the games on that list, get them all. They're top quality!

[demi]

lol. I already own superior LBP2, inFamous, and Wipeout. Guess I'll grab those two other launch games...

[Shaka Khan]

Do you have the Fury expansion too?

Stardust HD is awesome (I wonder if they'll include the add-ons though), Dead Nation comes from the same developer and is supposed to be good after the recent patches/updates. I'm honestly let down, but getting 60 days of PS+  instead of 30 was a nice a surprise. They better have something good on the Plus catalog when the store is back.

[Himu]

    Dead Nation
    inFAMOUS
    LittleBigPlanet
    Super Stardust HD
    Wipeout HD + Fury

Out of these I've got LBP, SS: HD, and Wipeout.

Welp.

[demi]

Yes, I got them from dcharlie.

[Mr. Gundam]

    Dead Nation
    inFAMOUS
    LittleBigPlanet
    Super Stardust HD
    Wipeout HD + Fury

Out of these I've got LBP, SS: HD, and Wipeout.

Welp.

I have all of them. Dead Nation is terrible. I really wish I didn't buy it.

[Mr. Gundam]

Oh yeah, I gave away Infamous and sold off LBP, I guess those will be the two downloads for me.

I wonder what the J-PSN offerings will be? Well, if J-PSN ever comes back.

[Brehvolution]

Bring network online

Allow users to freely download 12+ gigs

What could go wrong?

[pilonv1]

so I have to get Dead Nation by default since I own everything else? Awesome

At least it wasn't CAC

[cool breeze]

what is Wipeout Fury?

I have Wipeout HD and everything else except Dead Nation.  Was fury that expansion pack? might as well get that.  No reason to play LBP if I have LBP2, and no reason to get Infamous cuz I have the first and 2 is coming out soon.

Also, if I use the same account for PSP and PS3, does that mean I get 2 PS3 games and 2 PSP games? might as well get Killzone Liberations as a downloadable and Modnation Racers.

and I just remembered that I have about five other accounts on my system.  have to change the passwords on them too...

[Shaka Khan]

I think I'm gonna grab Dead Nation from the US store and Quest for Booty from EU.

InFamous is getting free publicity out of this, well not free, but the timing couldn't have been more perfect. Sony should have put Warhawk too on the list, even though Starhawk has ways to go, it would have drawn attention to the franchise. It's been 4 years already.

what is Wipeout Fury?

I have Wipeout HD and everything else except Dead Nation.  Was fury that expansion pack? might as well get that.  No reason to play LBP if I have LBP2, and no reason to get Infamous cuz I have the first and 2 is coming out soon.

!!!

It's the expansion. Just as big as the original, and twice as good. So good. I fucking envy you.

[Akala]

what sharky said.

Fury

[AdmiralViscen]

They should have let you pick from every first party game. The only reason this offer is good for me is because I have so few PS3 games.

[Sho Nuff]

Fury please

[Brehvolution]

And for all you loyal Sony fans who had already bought these titles, well, we are just sorry the network went down.....

[Wario64]

And for all you loyal Sony fans who had already bought these titles, well, we are just sorry the network went down.....

100 free virtual items for PS Home


Sony

[MyNameIsMethodis]

i seem to remember microsoft not offeirng anything other than undertow so sony is being extremely generous in that they're offering 5 different games

[AdmiralViscen]

Risk to user during Microsoft's failure: might take 5 minutes to log into your gamertag to play Halo
Risk to user during Sony's failure: Some guy some where buys a car in your name

[naff]

Sweet! I'll be getting Dead Nation and the Fury expansion, I've been wanting to buy Fury for ages but I wanted to finish up with Wipeout HD first. Just finished off getting Elite golds on all campaign stages and there's still a bunch of shit to do to get the trophies I can't really be arsed doing.

[The Sceneman]

are there trophies like win 1000 races or something?

[naff]

I might get em all eventually now I'm playing the game more, the online ones really aren't that bad, I'm just a lazy cunt. Haven't got all trophies or cheevs in a single retail game yet this gen etc. I like bein lazy when playin games, but still I like a challenge though if it feels like a chore then I can't be fked

[The Sceneman]

Wipeout is free too...

[fistfulofmetal]

coolio. my ps3 hasnt even been plugged in for this entire debacle and now i'm getting a free game? sweetsauce.

[Corporal]

Man, that's so sad. I don't really want LBP, but I already have Wipeout Fury and SSHD...

I think the best part about all of this is stuff like this. Sure, we just got hacked to hell and back, but let's secure our login pages with the awesome power of robots.txt! Let's leak some Facebook data while we're at it, too. Because, hell, they'll all come crawling back for the free games anyway. 

[Herr Mafflard]

so er web based password recovery is down again, couldn't change my password in time

apparently - and I don't know how credible this site is - it might be because hackers have found a way to gain access to your account just by using your email and DOB

I want to make this clear to ALL PSN users. Despite the methods currently employed to force a password change when you first reconnect to the PlayStation network, your accounts still remain unsafe.
A new hack is currently doing the rounds in dark corners of the internet that allows the attacker the ability to change your password using only your account’s email and date of birth.

It has been proven to me through direct demonstration on a test account, so I am without any shadow of a doubt that this is real.

I would suggest that you secure your accounts now by creating a completely new email that you will not use ANYWHERE ELSE, and switching your PSN account to use this new email. You risk having your account stolen, when this hack becomes more public, if you do not make sure that your PSN account’s email is one that cannot be affiliated with or otherwise traced to you.

While we originally assumed this was a poor hoax designed only to stir the community into another frenzy, the individual who we are in contact with requested just two pieces of information from us: this being an account email and the date of birth used for that account. We promptly created a new account via us.playstation.com and provided the individual with the email address and date of birth used.

Roughly a minute later they requested that we try to login with the password we used for the account (which they did not know at any point), and sure enough, we were presented with an invalid username and/or password prompt.

In addition to this, within a few minutes we received an email from Sony stating the following:

This email confirms that your PlayStation(R)Network password account has been changed successfully.

If you did not change your password…
This email has been sent to you because the password for the relevant PlayStation(R)Network account has been changed.
If you did not change your password, please contact Customer Support at the following address:

networksupport@uk.playstation.com

The PlayStation(R)Network Team

While we will not reveal specific details regarding how the exploit is performed for obvious reasons, we can say that the exploit involves a vulnerability in the password reset form currently implemented, not properly verifying tokens.

UPDATE: In the interest of sidestepping the naysayers and getting the warning out there, if someone working for a larger, more well known site (Kotaku, Destructoid, IGN, etc) wants to contact me for a live demonstration that this exploit is the real deal, you can do so at nevada@nyleveia.com.

UPDATE 2: Web based PSN login / Password recovery is now down for maintenance, hopefully as a result of our contact with SCEE. And more importantly, hopefully to fix the security issue.

We will update with further details as soon as possible.

http://sony.nyleveia.com/2011/05/17/warning-all-psn-users-your-accounts-are-still-not-safe/

fuck... erm guess Japan had it right

[maxy]

 

[Herr Mafflard]

they're recommending that you change your PSN email to something completely new that isn't affiliated with anything else

edit: hopefully its sorted out by the time the PSN website comes back

UPDATE 3: To clarify the situation, we had confirmed ourselves the method used last night, and contacted SCEE, SCEE have acted upon this information, we felt the information previously provided in our tweets and this article may have been a little too revealing to the vulnerability, thus we “dumbed down” the explanation of the security hole. We have provided SCEE with a detailed description of the security hole.
While it’s unclear at this time if they will actually patch the flaw while they have the system taken down, I can also confirm that the system went down approximately 15 minutes after I received a response from SCEE on the matter.

We for rather obvious reasons do not want to elaborate further on the exact details of the exploit, on the off chance that when the web based interface for PSN is restored the exploit has not been patched

[Herr Mafflard]

sony hasn't come out with a statement yet (surprise!), but some community manager on the eu playstation forums

Hey Guys.
 
Please note that PSN sign in is currently unavailable for the following services:
 
 
PlayStation.com
PlayStation forums
PlayStation Blog
PC CAM
Qriocity.com
Music Unlimited via the web client
All PlayStation game title websites
 
 
Unfortunately this also means that those who are still trying to change their password password via Playstation.com or Qriocity.com will be unable to do so for the time being.  This is due to essential maintenance and at present it is unclear how long this will take.
 
In the meantime you will still be able to sign into PSN via your PlayStation 3 and PSP devices to connect to game services and view Trophy/Friends information.

edit: some gaffer confirms the exploit

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430574

[maxy]

oh look it happened to someone at gaf and he is a minor sfag,i think

  Sony had an exploit on their PSN password recovery page and are now trying to hide it

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430574

[Herr Mafflard]

oh look it happened to someone at gaf and he is a minor sfag,i think

  Sony had an exploit on their PSN password recovery page and are now trying to hide it

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430574

funny seeing all the sfags go through the five stages of grief there 

they're blaming geohot, now

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=27904087&postcount=89

edit:
another update from the source that broke the news

UPDATE 4: Last update on the topic most likely, i notice a lot of people are saying that we should not have posted this information and simply contacted Sony, and you’re right in thinking this, however we contacted SCEE as soon as we had confirmed that the exploit was in fact real, the problem was that at the time there was a good 8-9 hour stretch where SCEE would not see our messages and given the rate at which the exploit method was spreading in the dark corners of the internet, we felt as though we needed to publicise the exploit advising users to change the emails used for their PSN accounts to secure them until Sony could patch the security hole.

Originally we posted rough details on how the exploit operated, to give further evidence to users that it was a valid reason for them to change their passwords, as with most news like this on the internet, people tend not to believe something until hoards of users have been affected, we posted an article on N4G advising PSN users to switch their email addresses which was promptly reported as spam/lame/fake by several users who refused to believe the news due to our site just being a small news outlet.

All along our main priority and focus has been to assist Sony and PSN users in keeping their accounts safe. If the current downtime for the web based forms results in the exploit being patched then our job is done and the potential thief of countless user accounts has been nipped in the bud as early as humanly possible.

Thank you to everyone that has taken our warnings seriously and acted upon it, and to SCEE for their swift response to the matter.

also, Eurogamer confirms the exploit

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-18-sonys-psn-password-page-hacked

I wonder how Sony's gonna spin this one? Give us a few more old first-party games?

[Shaka Khan]

edit: some gaffer confirms the exploit

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430574

Ahahaha. I'm so glad this douche got his account compromised. He was flexing his arms last night, taking one for the Sony team while trying to look as dashingly brave as he can: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=27890575&postcount=1918

Good jon, hackers.

[Shaka Khan]

Yeah, I just realized that it was his JP account, but even if it wasn't I was sure that he would get it back, but that's beside my point...

 The story broke yesterday, a thread was created about it to give it exposure, but then it was locked and swept under the rug by Kag, the resident Sony PR rep, before anyone can even discuss it. The discussion moved to the main thread and people still didn't give it much though or ALLOW others to do so. Including our friend Metalsomething, one of the most unwavering Sony fans, so I'm really glad that his faith was tested, and finally shaken.

Edit:

Anyhow, this isn't the bitching thread, so I digress.

[AdmiralViscen]

Sony is a fucking joke. So is that other site but Sony is worse.

[demi]

I just want my free games.

[maxy]

In a rather interesting turn of events, it appears that PS3 users with custom firmware are able to log back into PSN - without upgrading to 3.61, the firmware released by Sony as part of its efforts to secure the network. Currently in terms of custom firmware, users can only install modified versions of version 3.55 or below. Versions 3.6 and 3.61 have been secured by Sony in such a way that they have yet to be "hacked" in any way that allows homebrew or piracy. Theoretically, this should prevent anyone from getting on PSN or running the latest games without upgrading.

Without giving too many details away, a modified version of 3.55 was released that made a retail PS3 act like a "test" PS3, or a debug PS3. Normally, this wouldn't allow you to get onto the real PSN, the console would attempt to access one of the developer networks that Sony uses instead. Still, where there is a will there is a way and some clever users found a way to trick their retail-cum-developer consoles to play games on the actual servers that regular PS3 people use, effectively letting them back on PSN.

That was a few months ago and about a week after this was unveiled, PSN was taken down for its 3 week hiatus. At first, people speculated that these custom firmware users were the "intrusion" that Sony spoke of, before Sony made us aware of the larger attack that took place.

Most people expected that when Sony brought the PSN back online, these users would be locked out as a matter of security and, to a point, they were correct. Everyone was forced to update their console to 3.61 before getting online, however just a few short days after the network came back, people claim to have already found a way to "spoof" their consoles without updating. While the information originated from a Brazilian website, this information is already spreading amongst various other sites with several users confirming that it does indeed work.

[MCD]

IS IT SAFE YET

[Herr Mafflard]

some sound advice here

UPDATE 5: Okay, due to the email response I felt i should answer some general common questions regarding the topic.

Q. If I already reset my password am I safe?
A. The exploit was possible on any account the email and date of birth was known for, regardless of if the password was changed or not, or what region the account was tied to.

Q. What if they don’t know my Date of Birth or Email account?
A. Then the average user would not be able to take your account, however due to the database being illegally accessed in April, it’s safe to assume that someone, somewhere, has access to a large number of users details, which include date of birth and email addresses, this alone should be reason enough to change your email.

Q. Are you sure this is real?
A. Yes, it was demonstrated to one of our empty accounts, then we were able to repeat the process ourselves after figuring out the method, this was additionally confirmed when a twitter user provided us with his data and requested that we change his password as proof.
We have since emailed him his new password, and no other data on his account was changed.

Q. Can Sony fix it?
A. Shortly after containing SCEE, the online forms connected to login and password recovery for the PlayStation and other linked networks was shut down and placed in a maintenance mode, I can only assume this is a direct response to our detailed reports to SCEE, with that said, I assume that when services resume the exploit will be patched and everyone’s data once again safe.

Q. If Sony fixes the hole should I worry?
A. I would suggest that everyone, regardless of if they have been affected or not, create a new password and change their account email to one they do not use anywhere else, and will not be sharing with anyone else just for additional security.

Q. Will you give us more details on the exploit?
A. Until we have confirmed that the security hole has been patched we will not release further details on how and why the exploit was possible.

yeah so they returned the gaffers password

[Trent Dole]

God, this shit doesn't end.

[archie4208]

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I don't see how it's funny unless you're some lame ass fuckign nerd oh wait you're green man you are.

everyone knew that no matter what sony was going to do some asperger nerds would try to bring it down. same goes for CFW, although it still doesn't matter because they can still ban your IP and you still can't play any games since Portal 2 on without upgrading

[Great Rumbler]

SNY

[MyNameIsMethodis]

 Why? The platform still delivers phenomenal gaming and entertainment potential. It just seems odd to me abandon the brand and ignore the future potential of interesting and intriguing gaming experiences as well as those in the present times because of the merciless assault of people with personal vendettas set out to tarnish the Sony brand and rampant over zealous media forces twisting and exaggerating every issue to the max. PSN still provided me last night as well as in the past few days with excellent and fun online entertainment and community interaction in games only and exclusively available on the playstation platform and in games that are just better and more enhanced on playstation console and handheld.

[maxy]

  Sony

[Sho Nuff]

S NY