Hack you very much

The Playstation Network has been down for the past week. Why? Hacking bitches. I'm not going to be one of these people (idiots) who are screaming "I CAN'T PLAY ONLINE FOR A WEEK! I'M BUYING AN XBOX! That'll show Sony for getting attacked by hackers!" While I don't believe it's fair to place all of the blame on Sony they do have to share some of the blame. It is, after all, their network that has been breached and perhaps it wasn't secure enough? I'm not educated enough on such things to say. The person(s) who did this, I believe, deserve most of the blame. They are the ones who attacked the network and left millions open to identity theft. Anybody who defends these people or says things like "Sony had it coming" are morons. Let them be the ones to say that when their credit card number gets stolen and their bank account goes into the red.

If you ask me, I don't give two hootenannies about the damn online play being out temporarily. It's going to be back sooner rather than later. It's not my life and, to be quite honest, I can't remember the last time I played online. It's just not that important to me when it comes to gaming. Granted, once I get the chance, I will jump online to play some Mortal Kombat (and probably get my ass handed to me). But I can wait.

The real problem here is the possibility for identity theft. I haven't canceled the debit card that I have in my account but I'd be lying if I said the thought hasn't crossed my mind. With the update on the Playstation Blog, it sounds like there isn't any strong evidence to suggest that credit card numbers have been stolen but that doesn't mean they're not giving out pre-cautions.

The good news to come out of this is it sounds like Sony is re-building their system to strengthen the infrastructure. Hopefully that means more security. Because we all know Sony is going to be catching some major heat, and possible lawsuits, for this mess.