On Christmas Day in 2014 hackers knocked out the Xbox and PlayStation gaming networks, impacting how video game companies handled cybersecurity for years.

Sony previously announced that the PlayStation Network will be down tomorrow for scheduled maintenance. It’s unclear right now whether the maintenance has started earlier than expected.

Followed categories will be added to My News. PlayStation Network was unavailable Sunday morning due to a denial-of-service, commonly referred to as DDoS, attack.

PlayStation Network was unavailable Sunday morning due to a denial-of-service, commonly referred to as DDoS, attack.

Sony may not wish to share details surrounding the nature of the outage until the situation is resolved, and at the moment, most of PlayStation's resources related to PSN are likely going toward ...

Associated Press ROME — A major outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network on Saturday has left tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia apps.

"According to court documents, on Oct. 21, 2016, the individual and others used the botnet they created to launch several DDoS attacks in an effort to take the Sony PlayStation Network’s gaming ...

On October 21, 2016, the individual and others launched multiple DDoS attacks against the Sony PlayStation Network's gaming platform in an attempt to knock it offline for a sustained period. According ...

Sony estimated its revenue loss at $2.7 million, according to DOJ. The attack also temporarily affected access to Amazon, Twitter, and Netflix, among other sites, for some internet users.