¿La verdadera razón por la que PSN está caído?

Entre tanto lío con la caída de la PlayStation Network poco o nada se sabe acerca de por qué realmente ha pasado casi una semana y sin estar arreglado. Se hablaba de Anonymous, pero ellos mismos se han encargado de desmentirlo. Pero puede que ya sepamos por qué es.

Según un moderador de PSX-Scene, salió un CFW (custom firmware) para PS3 que permitía convertir una consola normal prácticamente en una de desarrollo, con las ventajas que ello conlleva. Entre ellas conectarse a la red de desarrolladores (saltándose así el baneo en PSN) y, la que ha ocasionado el cierre, poder usar tarjetas de crédito falsas, ya que al estar en esa red «se supone que se es de confianza» y no se necesitaban más comprobaciones de seguridad.

Eso sí, según el mensaje que ha contado todo esto, ningún dato personal de nadie está comprometido, ya que desde las cuentas developer no se tiene acceso a esto. Esperemos que así sea.

Así que Sony decidió cerrar PlayStation Network por las bravas y ahora está trabajando para rehacerla de completo, ya sin estos agujeros de seguridad. No se sabe cuánto tardarán, y desde los foros y comunicados oficiales no se da ninguna información al respecto.

¿Qué opináis de todo esto? La verdad es que es bastante lamentable que aún después de una semana, nadie de respuestas o lo arregle. Aunque lo de no dar respuestas no es algo nuevo…

Esperemos que luego recompensen bien a sus usuarios, como hizo Microsoft cuando en las navidades de 2008 Xbox Live sufrió algunos problemas durante un par de semanas (aunque no se llegó a caer, simplemente iba lento y mal por el aumento de tráfico). En este caso regalaron a todos los usuarios el juego Undertow (que aunque era bastante malo, valía 800 MSPoints) y un mes de Live gratis para todos.

Tras el salto tenéis el comentario completo del moderador de PSX-Scene.

Ok, I’ve seen a bunch of speculation of why people think PSN is down, and I thought I should just post what the community knows in comparison to what Sony is telling everyone. The truth is, there was a new CFW (custom firmware) released known as Rebug (http://rebug.me). It essentially turns a retail console into a dev console (not fully, but gives you a lot of the same options that usually dev’s only have access to). Anyway, this new CFW was quickly figured out by 3rd parties (not Rebug) to give CFW users access to the PSN network again via the dev networks. With a little manipulation of the URL’s through a proxy server you could get your hacked console back online. Not that big of a deal, right? Well, it also turns out that some people over at NGU found out that you could provide fake CC# info and the authenticity of the information was never checked as you were on Sony’s private developer PSN network (essentially a network that Sony trusted). What happened next was extreme piracy of PSN content. Sony realizing the issue here shut down the network. Now, before you go freaking out about the latest information posted about Kotaku, no ones personal information was accessible via this hack. Not to say they couldn’t get it, but no one is admitting to it being available. Anyway, that’s the real reason for the PSN downtime. Sony is now rebuilding all of it’s PSN servers to be more secure and (hopefully) make sure the CFW users cannot get online anymore.

Edit #1: To those of you saying that this is speculation, you are correct. But, it is speculation based on a lot of facts and the outcome seems to make the most sense.
1. Rebug was released on 3/31/11.
2. First guides of how to use the dev network to get back on COD games on 4/3/11. 3. Word of «shady» sites finding a way to pirate PSN content via the dev networks on 4/7/11 (basing this on posts I had to delete on the website). 4. PSN goes down on 4/20/11

Now, you can believe Sony’s PR team which has kept you completely in the dark, or you can see the list of events above and come to your own conclusion. Now, this isn’t the first time Sony has fought back against the PS3 modders from getting on PSN. A couple of months ago we had a utility called f*ckPSN that changed the necessary header information that was being sent to Sony to allow modified consoles back online. We were able to use it for about a month. Then came the new TOS, the mass e-mail to PS3 customers, and software update 3.56 and 3.60. So, once again, yes this is all speculation, but it is speculation based on previous actions and known facts.

Edit #2: Mathieulh just mentioned that he has been in contact with someone that has official access to the SCE devnet servers and it was posted to them today that only 3.60+ debug firmwares will be allowed on the dev network anymore. All earlier versions will be cut. If you want to retain your access you need to contact Sony and upgrade to 3.60 debug firmware.

Edit #3: Ok, it looks like some various news sites have picked up this story and taken it out of context. Once again, this is all speculation and information gathered from various devs in the PS3 scene. It might very well not be the real reason PSN is down, but as the timeline fits, it’s a reasonable explanation. Now, as to Rebug directly allowing this to happen, that’s not the case at all. Different CFW’s have had access to the dev network the whole time. This is not new news for people in the PS3 scene. It’s what people have figured out what to do with the said network that has caused all the recent issues. Saying that Rebug is what did this is like saying a gun manufacturer is responsible for every death that happens with a gun.

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