The online console gaming Microsoft Xbox returned to work on Friday afternoon, but the Sony PlayStation was down for the second consecutive day, after a claimed by a group of hackers attack.
The disruption of services began Thursday, the day of Christmas , where thousands of players received as gift and consoles They tried unsuccessfully to connect to servers first.
On Friday afternoon, Xbox restored almost completely their services, with only three applications that still have problems, according to page website dedicated to this console.
It is not the case of PlayStation , still asking players “patience” and explained that technicians try to identify the problem and stir “the most quickly as possible “.
The connection failures occurred the day after the decision to Sony and Microsoft to spread PlayStation (in a yet unspecified date) and Xbox Video movie “The Interview” , a controversial comedy about a plot to assassinate the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
No links to attack Sony
A month ago, the film and television studio Sony Pictures was the target of a sophisticated and massive cyberattack, the FBI attributed to North Korea, considering that the government was opposed to the film’s release.
After ominous threats, the study was forced to cancel the screening of the film, but Few days later backtracked and announced with great fanfare that the film would be broadcast on Christmas night as planned, a decision that was applauded by the President Barack Obama .
In addition to distributing the film in a limited number of theaters in the US, Sony Pictures put it available online, also including Microsoft’s Xbox console and soon the PlayStation.
Without But is not established any connection between the two cases
The attack on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network was claimed by a user of Twittwer newly created. “Lizard Squad” (Squadron Lizard), while the Sony Pictures by hackers Guardians of Peace or GOP (Guardians of Peace, in English).
Lizard Squad is a group of hackers who attacked targets Sony in the past, although it was not possible to establish the veracity of the information posted on Twitter.
amateur Attack
According to some analysts, is unlikely to be a direct connection between the cyberattack a Sony Pictures and the current attack on PlayStation and Xbox , also consider that this last statement is more like the work of amateurs seeking fame.
“The timing suggests that this is an attack that can be put in the category of teenagers want her five minutes of fame, “said Pierre Samson, the computer security firm Circle European Security and Information Systems.
” There is very little chance that this will have a link Direct to the attack on Sony Pictures, “he added, stressing that daily thousands of similar attacks are launched, usually without success.
” For a few hundred dollars, you can buy in the black market ( type software) DDoS, quite powerful, it can affect multiple systems, “he said.
PlayStation Network service has already been the target of several attacks. The most serious occurred in April 2011 when the personal data of around 100 million users were stolen, forcing Sony to shut down its network for more than three weeks.
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