Playstation Network (PSN) Outage

Yes. We screwed up. But I think people often too readily blame the problems on the big corporation. I think both our security AND the intruders are at fault here. Without the criminal act, we won’t have such a big problem. I still think Sony has a big responsibility when they are handling customer privacy.

I remember how the very first PlayStation site was — a badly designed, last-minute website which styles resembled a website from the 90s. But I — like many others, decided to put my credit card information on the site despite my doubts. I haven’t joined Sony at the time — or else I would’ve raised a flag about it. From a front-end developer point of view, that site was sub-par for a big corporation. I also wonder how much effort they spent on the back-end either. Now we know.

PSN should be back online soon. And I have a feeling that this is only the first of many cyber intrusions to come. The internet is a scary place.