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Omaha Steve

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Sun Dec 28, 2014, 05:14 PM Dec 2014

Sony says PlayStation still has problems, gradually coming back online

Source: Reuters

BY JIM FINKLE AND LIANA B. BAKER

Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation Network suffered connection problems for a fourth straight day since hackers attacked the video game network, and the company said on Sunday that service was gradually being restored.

The hacker activist group known as Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for disrupting both the PlayStation Network and Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) Xbox Live on Christmas Day. Service was restored to Xbox Live on Friday.

"We are currently experiencing widespread network issues that are being addressed," Sony said in a statement on PlayStation's maintenance website.

Hours earlier, Catherine Jensen, vice president of consumer experience at Sony Computer Entertainment America, said on the PlayStation blog that the network was "back online."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/28/us-sony-playstation-idUSKBN0K60JH20141228

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Sony says PlayStation still has problems, gradually coming back online (Original Post) Omaha Steve Dec 2014 OP
oh yay, online 'fun' for the young and old. Sunlei Dec 2014 #1
Online gaming is over-rated, this was much more fun than anything today: Reter Dec 2014 #2
But for portable... BumRushDaShow Dec 2014 #3
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