PSN was hacked into because Sony had discovered and punished a previous game hacker and an elite team of hackers responded to this resulting in Sony having to shut down its online system for now over a week, to completely rebuild their security infrastructure. Obviously it is a nuisance for PSN users now that they can't play their games with friends but more importantly all the data which has been stolen. All effected users were sent an email from Sony instructing them to change all passwords which were similar on other accounts and take all precautionary steps available to keep themselves safe.
An attack like this could have been avoided if Sony had concentrated less on the hardware and more on their software. What some analysts have said is that Sony basically went, after making their originally high priced console, "ok, better sort out some software pretty quick then and just whack that in somewhere."
As terrible as this is for PlayStation users, the online community of Microsoft's Xbox Live for Xbox 360 sit in their seats smug, because the PS3's hardware may scream with specs but when it comes to online play Microsoft gets out the whip and hits Sony hard. As well as having much better security, the Xbox live service offers smoother game play, easier navigation and an all round better functionality. Yes, it comes with a price tag but it is alot cheaper than what it could cost some PSN users if their credit card details land into the wrong hands.
Sony hopes for their online services to be up and running by next week or will it be too late? Many users have lost all respect for Sony's PlayStation and have switched to Microsoft's less hardware heavy but more software friendly console.
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