Sony brings PSN back online, then...takes it down again

Stuart Sumner
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And it seems the hackers used Amazon's cloud services to launch their attack

Sony began a phased restoration of its PlayStation Network (PSN) online gaming service yesterday, but quickly had to take it back offline again. The PSN was being reactivated across Europe follo...

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