That's one hell of a connection mate and it seems you have gone from really poor to outstanding..................I'm now jealous .

Rumours suggest the Playstation network was hacked by some party or something ,but that is just a rumour and Sony are not exactly saying anything apart from its a Maintenance problem............

In reference to www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/gx6o4/im_a_moderator_over_at_psxsc...:

The truth is, there was a new CFW (custom firmware) released known as Rebug (http://rebug.me). It essentially turns a retail console into a dev console (not fully, but gives you a lot of the same options that usually dev's only have access to). Anyway, this new CFW was quickly figured out to give CFW users access to the PSN network again via the dev networks. With a little manipulation of the URL's through a proxy server you could get your hacked console back online. Not that big of a deal, right? Well, it also turns out that some people over at NGU found out that you could provide fake CC# info and the authenticity of the information was never checked as you were on Sony's private developer PSN network (essentially a network that Sony trusted). What happened next was extreme piracy of PSN content.

got owned basically.

Awesome, so basicly because of a stupid system Sony made, everyone gets no access. Imagine if Tesco closed the shop because a trolley was stolen?

That's one hell of a connection mate and it seems you have gone from really poor to outstanding..................I'm now jealous .

I hope so! Still having teething troubles if you click the Live BQM below. Have set up a new rule for the router, but I will probably plonk the PS3 into the DMZ aswell.

Won't know until the PSN gets back up and running how it will perform. A mate of mine has it and reckons that it can be hit and miss. Some games can be a walk in the park and others pointless taking part. I guess a lot of that is down to matchmaking servers though.

I haven't had a chance to trade Homefront in yet. Maybe I should try their super duper dedicated servers again.

Mind you, I need to sort that activation issue out first.

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Console gaming, peer to peer hosting, doesn't really matter about your connect at the end of the day as long as you arent lagging.

Rest is up to the netcode.

Edited by deleted (Tue 26-Apr-11 19:59:00)

In reply to a post by mrnelster:

Anybody heard any rumours as to what has happened?

I have read that it was an external intrusion, and that Sony were simply taking the opportunity to improve security while they were at it. Yeah right!

Must have been a pretty determined hack?

In reference to www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13192359:

Sony has warned users of its PlayStation Network that their personal information, including credit card details, may have been stolen.

Yeah, change everything, might want to get your cards reissued etc, all your info is at risk, ALL of it.

www.blog.eu.playstation.com
I always buy PSN cards and never use my credit Card

Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity passwords and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence that credit card data was taken at this time, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, to be on the safe side we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may also have been obtained.

Edited by deleted (Tue 26-Apr-11 22:44:59)

Beat me to that Bill - thankfully I read the thread before posting. Phew!

Apparently, everything was stored in plain text. Passwords, CC#s everything. Sony are retarded.