Qriocity and the sister PlayStation Network were attacked in mid April by an unknown hacker or hackers and the personal details of around million accounts were stolen, Sony said last month.
The hack was one of the largest ever disclosed by a company, but the damage appears to have been limited to date. Sony said it could not find any evidence that credit card numbers were stolen in the attack, and widespread credit card fraud as a result of the hack has as yet to appear. Qriocity links Sony's networked consumer electronics products and delivers music and video programming to compatible devices.
With the resumption, Sony will be close to fully restoring all network services disrupted by the April attack. Whoever dunnit, let's hope that Sony's "re-building" effort results in a more secure and stable PSN, and are finished soon. A few days is one thing, but for the PS3's entire online infrastructure to be kaput all weekend is maddening, especially just after the release of Portal 2 and its Steam integration.
Get the best gaming deals, reviews, product advice, competitions, unmissable gaming news and more! Gaming deals, prizes and latest news. They once again requested patience for the services to resume and that those users who have reset their passwords to give it a bit of time to reach their email. He went on to add that the company would start bringing back its gaming network on Sunday, on a country-by-country phased basis, and expects it to be fully restored by May Many users are now posting updates on social networking sites saying that they are now able to use the services offered by Sony.
This comes as good news to PSN users who have had to endure a world of patience regarding the entire outage. Find latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on Tech2 Gadgets.
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