difficult Christmas for fans of video games online home console. PSN services from Sony and Microsoft’s Xbox Live, which allows to play the PlayStation Network and Xbox consoles, are victims of a cyber attack since Wednesday.
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It disrupts or makes it impossible, access to their services.
The two companies are facing a denial of service attack, that is to say, multiple simultaneous requests, which overload their servers. Friday morning, Xbox Live support site mentions a “limited” service while the PSN explained that the service is “inaccessible”. The situation has deteriorated late Thursday afternoon.
On Twitter, PlayStation said Thursday that its “engineers conduct investigations” needed. Microsoft said its teams were “the maximum to restore service.” This Friday, at 8:30 am, said its PlayStation “engineers continue to work hard on network problems encountered by players. Thank you for your patience! “
The current attack could have been conducted by a group of hackers called Lizard Squad, who had threatened to turn off the PSN and Xbox Live for Christmas. He had already attacked PSN during the month of August.
For Sony, this attack follows that one of its branches, Sony Pictures, was recently the victim about the release of a humorous film about North Korea: “Interview that kills “.
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