Anonymous says Sony is incompetent, denies PSN takedown

[javajolt]

Cyber activists associated with Anonymous have categorically denied involvement in the downing of Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN).
 
"Sony [is saying that] the interruption in service may last into the long weekend - for at least another 'full day or two," the group wrote in a communiqué.

"[The company] released a statement through its EU blog, saying that the network outage may be a result of 'targeted behavior by an outside party,' bringing in the possibility of cyberattacks. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the message has since been removed."
 
However, the group emphasized that "for once, we didn't do it."
 
"Sony is incompetent... While it could be the case that other Anons have acted by themselves AnonOps was not related to this incident and takes no responsibility for it. 


 
"A more likely explanation is that Sony is taking advantage of Anonymous' previous ill-will towards the company to distract users from the fact the outage is actually an internal problem with the companies servers."

[javajolt]

The PlayStation Network is down, and some people are really pissed off. Namely, all the people who purchased Mortal Kombat, Portal 2, and SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs and expected to be able to actually play those games online. While the PlayStation Blog says they’re investigating the outage, it also says it might take a full day or two before they fix the problem.

Could this be Anonymous striking again, considering us to be collateral damage, taking advantage of crushing online capabilities during a peak time? I sure hope not, because I know that whether or not those kids are ever unmasked, they’re going to Internet hell.

It’s a special hell for people who troll on 4chan, prevent people from playing video games (Microsoft timed exclusivity deal writers are on this list), and the people who convinced me Damnation was a good game before it shipped.