Agencies | Sunday December 28, 2014 | 14:54 hrs
New York Sony said the online services your game console PlayStation ( PSN) were restored after a cyberattack at Christmas that left them out of service, along with its competitor Xbox from Microsoft.
“The PlayStation Network is back online,” she said in a blog Catherine Jensen, VP Consumer Experience Sony.
“The PlayStation Network and other services online games were attacked during the festivities with artificially high traffic levels designed to interrupt connectivity,” said Jensen in his blog.
However, PSN suffered some connection problems for a fourth day, so Sony said after the service was gradually restored.
“currently experiencing widespread problems in the network and are being addressed, “he said the company in a statement posted on the site in maintenance of PlayStation.
Some players said via Twitter that it was possible to access the PSN on Sunday, but others complained Site on continuing interruption. It was unclear how many of the 56 million people who use PlayStation still suffering problems.
The group of hackers known as Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for the interruption of PSN, as well as delays in the network service Xbox Live, service was restored on Friday.
The attack that prevented online access to the services of the two consoles began on Thursday after Sony and Microsoft announced their decision to disclose on both platforms the film “The Interview”, a satirical comedy about a CIA plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
In late November, the computer system of Sony Pictures was attacked by hackers protesting the film.
The US president, Barack Obama, and the FBI has blamed North Korea just making cyber attack, considering that the government opposed the premiere the film.
However, security experts believed that the attack on services Xbox and PlayStation was probably done by hackers novice seeking to gain recognition.
Lizard Squad has earlier claimed responsibility for cyber attacks, including PSN August and early December.
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