PSN Extends Subscriptions

[Dee]

Sony Corp. announced Thursday that it will extend subscriptions for premium users of its PlayStation Network and offer discounts on purchases in an effort to placate its users after a cyberattack took down the company’s networks on Christmas Day.

On Dec. 25, users of the PlayStation console were unable to connect to the network due to an organized denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which bombarded the network with huge amounts of traffic. The company said in a statement that it will extend the subscription of users who signed up for a PlayStation Plus account before the Christmas Day attack, for five more days.

I'm pretty happy they've decided to tack on almost an extra week of PSN access to everyone who was affected by the outage the day after Christmas.  So if you're not already aware, and if Sony hasn't already sent you an email (they sent me one a few days ago), just remember that you're going to get a few extra days of PSN/+ access.

Do you think this was the right response? Why or why not?

 

[Kirito]

I guess, not that they're responsible really. Hackers are always going to be one step ahead. All companies can do is hope they don't get hit and bribe their customers back if it does happen.

 

[Dee]

I guess, not that they're responsible really. Hackers are always going to be one step ahead. All companies can do is hope they don't get hit and bribe their customers back if it does happen.

This is true. Regardless what machine you're on, as long as there's an internet connection or any kind of cloud base storage, you run the risk of getting hit.