The PlayStation 4 Thread | PSN hit by DDoS attack

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[iup=3544552]DaveDS[/iup] wrote:Wasn't Grcade also the victim of a DDoS attack a few years ago?

Apparently it's common and there's not a massive amount companies can do to prevent it :dread:

Does "share" twitch streaming require PSN then?

[iup=3544526]Death's Head[/iup] wrote:
glowy69 wrote:
[iup=3544377]chalkitdown[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3544373]glowy69[/iup] wrote:Just out of interest has anything like this ever happened to LIVE?

A few times. This isn't the first time it's happened to Sony, either.

Yeah I remember the previous one and the thread. I didn't own a ps3 at the time though. Scary how easy these thing can be carried out.

DOS is really just increasing traffic to an extent where PSN becomes unusable and Sony probably take it down. I guess they just need an algorithm that can work out if it is valid traffic or something else. Surprised no one has cracked this problem yet.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

But isn't it where some 'hacker' has control over a botnet and uses it to pound a site with data requests?

Pretty much, this is the traffic I'm talking about.

So basically. If people didn't download malware it wouldn't be possible?

Oh for strawberry floats sake. I wanted to sit about in my undercrackers and play TLoU online after a busy weekend, now I've got to go out and be social. Neckbeards

What a shame.

What does that mean?

[iup=3544600]Peter Crisp[/iup] wrote:What does that mean?

That boy needs therapy.

Well yes i may well need therapy but i still have no idea what impact this ddos attack has on me other than not being able to play online.

[iup=3544601]chalkitdown[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3544600]Peter Crisp[/iup] wrote:What does that mean?

That boy needs therapy.

He's a nut!

[iup=3544607]Tramp-arse[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3544601]chalkitdown[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3544600]Peter Crisp[/iup] wrote:What does that mean?

That boy needs therapy.

He's a nut!

Crazy in the coconut.

[iup=3544606]Peter Crisp[/iup] wrote:Well yes i may well need therapy but i still have no idea what impact this ddos attack has on me other than not being able to play online.

That's all it does.

That Tweet is supposedly the guy really behind the attack exposing people taking credit for his work.

Last edited by chalkitdown on Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.

So it looks like John Smedley's (head of SOA Online) plane really got diverted after the bomb threat that the lizard guy tweeted. gooseberry fool just got real.

Peter Crisp wrote:What does that mean?

In summary... tossers claiming to be tossers aren't the real tosser. Allegedly.

We still can't play online :-(.

Just had a message saying psn is now down for maintenance?

Well i hope he's happy he's ruined Survivor Sunday.

What a strawberry floating tosspot

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Mods, can we move this topic and connected posts to a new thread please. Seems worthy of a new thread.

[iup=3544626]chalkitdown[/iup] wrote:So it looks like John Smedley's (head of SOA Online) plane really got diverted after the bomb threat that the lizard guy tweeted. gooseberry fool just got real.

http://puu.sh/b6cFT/93199f193e.png

Literal pond scum.

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