Like other major networks around the world, the PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network have been impacted by an attempt to overwhelm our network with artificially high traffic.
Although this has impacted your ability to access our network and enjoy our services, no personal information has been accessed.
We will continue to work towards fixing this issue and hope to have our services up and running as soon as possible.
We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.
Los hackers luego enviaron una amenaza vía Twitter sobre explosivos en el vuelo 362 de American Airlines en el que viajaba el presidente de Sony Online Entertainment, John Smedley, quien se dirigía de Dallas a San Diego, vuelo que debido a la amenaza tuvo realizar un desvió y aterrizar en Phoenix, Arizona.
El desvío del avión fue confirmado por el mismo Smedley a través del siguiente tweet,