Archive: 34 posts

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I think the PSN has been attacked by hackers, Anonymous; http://www.complex.com/tech/2011/04/hack-group-anonymous-shuts-down-playstation-website-network I was playing online and downloaded the LBP2 update 1.03, when I was forced to sign out and recieved the 80710092 error for the last 2 days. What's odd is that I put another game in and recieved a 1.03 update for that as well even though it wasn't plugged into the internet and all the updates were already installed. I looked at some of my friends profiles on LBP.Me who I know are in the US and they haven't been online either. Could a virus have been sent to all systems over the PSN? has anyone one else seen a game update 1.03 for games other than LBP2 over the last 2 days?

2011-04-17 21:54:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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if ur running at&t (or some other ISP, for got the name), then they havent updated their DNS servers yet. change ur dns server in the internet settings to google's or open dns google's is 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 forgot twhat the other one is(it's the one im using)

2011-04-18 03:39:00 Author: sonofbrave Posts: 107

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Ya I tried that, and did the test...everything works accept for the Plastation Network.

2011-04-18 04:00:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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hmm.. let's w8 and see if anyone else has this error where it isnt a dns error...

2011-04-18 04:10:00 Author: sonofbrave Posts: 107

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hmmm... I've been having trouble signing into the playstation network for the past two days. It wasn't until this post though that I realized that I was having this problem only AFTER downloading the update 1.03 on Friday night. I wonder if they could be connected? I just assumed that since it was the weekend, maybe the network was overloaded with people or something. I've been trying to sign into the Asia Playstation network btw.

2011-04-18 04:27:00 Author: kemengjie Posts: 42

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I've been able to get on with no problems, not sure what's been going on. Also, anon stopped DDOS'ing the PSN a while ago.

2011-04-18 04:47:00 Author: Arkei Posts: 1432

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I was forced out of PSN while installing the LBP2 update 2 days ago as well. what was strange was I had the same update with a different game when I wasn't connected to the PSN and didn't need an instal. I am not sure if they are connected... I can't seem to connect to sonys website to get info http://www.us.playstation.com/ Can annyone else log onto it?

2011-04-18 04:56:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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If that error appears in LBP2, you have to shut off your PS3 completly, meaning flip the button on the back too. That should fix it.

2011-04-18 05:00:00 Author: Bremnen Posts: 1800

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The update has perminently disabled me from the PSN. Even though I am not connected it still downloads updates?

2011-04-18 06:45:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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well I don't think we can be 100% sure this is due to the update. I've turned my PS3 completly off, reset my router etc and still have the problem. Looking online though there are tons of people who have been having problems since this the weekend began. However, they don't mention LBP2 at all. Hopefully the problem will get cleared up soon. I was all ready to publish this weekend and now can't get on haha maybe it's the gods of LBP's way of telling me to do more bug testing on my level

2011-04-18 08:05:00 Author: kemengjie Posts: 42

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- Oh noes, we're under super haxor attack! Hide your Headsets and controllers, turn off the tv, hinde under whatever you can hide under, they'll keep hacking until everyone's systems are destroyed!!!! - Oh why oh why! * Wait....wheren't hakers not really doing anything...? - Oh...right, I knew that. >_> * So why'd you freak out and jump to conclusions with no info or evidence to base your statement on? - ...well they're haxors, they're evil and wanna destroy everything and put viruses everywhere, right?! * There is deifnately noooo way it could be anything else, so you just jump to conclusions right away? - Yup. * So how exactly is it that I've heard no reports of this even if it was 2 days old? I'm sure something this big would be all over the internet by now. - Idk...maybe I was the first one? * You just said it was 2 days ago... - Oh...oh yeah. ------------- ^Joke v Post. I highly doubt it was any sort of virus, m8, like said in the joke, those kinda things would spread throught the internet faster than good memes, I'm pretty sure its most likely some sort of connection issue, random accidents tend to happen like that. Heck, I recall something similar happened to me once, where alo during an update, I got an error and signed out, after that I wasn't able to log in, 2 days later I find out it was some random error and I just had to move my DSN adress up or down by 1 and eerything was fixed. xD (Don't ask me why or how, even I don't know. ) Anywho, I would relax if I were you, no worries, if there's a major hacker attack you'll know it, in the meantime just google the error code (Yes, each code has a meaning.) and see if there's solutions for it, but it should be able to be fixed unless its something like a ban or something. Actually, I went ahead and googled it myself, one of the 1st results says as follows: FIX FOR PSN Error 80710092 Do what others have said and change your DNS to 8888 and 4488 Now go to videos and log into ps store through videos and it will log you in. Next exit the store and Enjoy playing w.e game you want. Supposedly that worked for a few people, maybe it works with you? Hope that helps!

2011-04-18 10:28:00 Author: Silverleon Posts: 6707

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Nice reply Silverleon!?! I don't think it's that far fetch to believe that a group of hackers sucessfully sent a virus throughout the playstation network who said they would shut it down, and have done so with other big companies. Especially within a couple of weeks of reports saying that they shut down the playstation network on previous attempts. Also, the playstation blog was shut down which would provide info on the networks status. The DNS solution that has worked for others is something I tested before I even posted this thread, and it didn't work. I am not saying the sky is falling, I am asking other players if they are experiencing the same problems as I have been since the 1.03 update/Friday...

2011-04-18 12:30:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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I can get into PSN since the LBP2 update, but I have to do it manually. Asking it to sign me in automatically just sits there for ages doing nothing. Hopefully it's fixed soon.

2011-04-18 12:36:00 Author: Moonface Posts: 310

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I was playing online and downloaded the LBP2 update 1.03, when I was forced to sign out and recieved the 80710092 error for the last 2 days. The update process always logs you out of PSN temporarily - that's just the way it works. There's almost certainly no correlation between the update and the 80710092 error. What's odd is that I put another game in and recieved a 1.03 update for that as well even though it wasn't plugged into the internet and all the updates were already installed. That's a little stranger - I mean you don't have to be signed into PSN to get game updates, but you do have to have an active internet connection. Could a virus have been sent to all systems over the PSN? Possible, but it's so insanely unlikely that it's more plausible that you were abducted by aliens who reprogrammed your brain to make you think all these things happened. Basically, it would require compromising several security systems, including cracking encryption keys which would take several billion years by brute force. Although if you're running a custom firmware with the security disabled, it would be much simpler. FWIW, I've had no problems since 1.03.

2011-04-18 12:49:00 Author: Aya042 Posts: 2870

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whenever i used to have this problem, id just wait it out. seemed to fix its self, but sometimes it wud take a week or so

2011-04-18 12:53:00 Author: Distinct-Creator Posts: 198

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Looking around the official PlayStation forums (I've only checked the EU one, not gone anywhere else yet) a lot of people have issues with PSN lately. None of them mentioned LBP2 though. Most people posting seem to be from anywhere in the world though, as some have mentioned being in USA or here or there or wherever. Perhaps it's just a strange coincidence that the recent LBP2 update came near to or during when people had problems?

2011-04-18 13:17:00 Author: Moonface Posts: 310

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Does anyone have a link to what this patch gave us ?

2011-04-18 19:32:00 Author: Unknown User

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Possible, but it's so insanely unlikely that it's more plausible that you were abducted by aliens who reprogrammed your brain to make you think all these things happened. Aya042, How can you compare something make believe with something logical and supported with proof? In fact, Im right. I just got off the phone with Sony who said that there is an investigation into criminal activity with the PSN. So, the servers have been shut down while conducting this investigation. And yes, it is due to the Hacker group I mentioned earlier and posted a link to. Now I'm worried that you think aliens are reprogramming peoples brains

2011-04-18 21:19:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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From my understanding, hackers found a way to get pirated content off the psn and some other thing, so they shut down the servers. The above mentioned ways will let you log in. Hope this helps

2011-04-19 01:10:00 Author: UberOrbPS Posts: 290

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Sony said that they will be shutting down and opening up different servers...that there is no other solution other than waiting it out, and checking back on Tuesday for an update.

2011-04-19 01:31:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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Huh. All of last weekend, my PS3 had been failing every time it tried to automatically sign in to PSN upon starting up, but manually signing in would always work fine. But then on Sunday, the LBP servers wouldn't let me in and gave me an error message (and only the LBP servers did; I could still use the PSN functions on the XMB.) But like 20 minutes later, I was able to get in again.

2011-04-19 02:10:00 Author: Blue Helmet Posts: 306

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Another problem I noticed since the update on friday and the disconnection from the PSN is my system freezes now every time I shut down... From strange offline updates, to profiles being corrupted, now a problem with the shutdown... ontop of the PSN being disconnected...If there was a virus infecting PS3s through the the PSN I don't think Sony would admit it...they would deny it like they do with the YLOD error and thus avoid the resposability of fixing it, recall or refunding systems...passing on the cost to the consumer to pay for a new system.

2011-04-19 08:35:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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Aya042, How can you compare something make believe with something logical and supported with proof? It was just for a (humorous) comparison of probabilities. If you prefer I'll compare it to the probablility of winning the lottery ten times in a row. In fact, Im right. I just got off the phone with Sony who said that there is an investigation into criminal activity with the PSN. So, the servers have been shut down while conducting this investigation. And yes, it is due to the Hacker group I mentioned earlier and posted a link to. That's hardly proof of your theory that hackers are using the PSN to distribute a virus. The "criminal activity" they're referring to could merely be the denial-of-service attacks which occurred two weeks ago, unless you have any concrete information to the contrary. According to my friendlist, there's been no disruption to PSN in the last few days, and there are people from North America logged in right now. Another problem I noticed since the update on friday and the disconnection from the PSN is my system freezes now every time I shut down... Since you seem to be experiencing a number of problems with your PS3, which no-one else does, I'd say the fault lies at your end. Might be the PS3, or the network connection. The typical method of isolating the fault is to test your PS3 on a different network connection, or test a different PS3 on your network connection. If it makes you feel better to invent some fictional story about viruses to explain the problem, then go right ahead, but it ain't gonna help you get your system working again. Edit: Did a bit of research about the 80710092 error - annoyingly Sony have no publicly-accessible authoritative guide on what they actually mean, but current community speculation is that it's DNS-related. It sounds as if Sony may have recently changed the IP address for the PSN server, presumably to point to a system which is less vulnerable to DoS attacks, and whatever DNS server you're using may be caching the old address or perhaps an NXDOMAIN response. If you have the technical know-how to set up a local non-caching DNS server, then you can try that, otherwise it may just be a case of waiting for the cache to expire. Problem is, I don't know what hostname it's attempting to resolve, so I can't find out the TTL of the DNS 'A' record, but they're usually no more than 48 hours. If all else fails, a packet sniffer will tell you exactly where it's going wrong, but in the unlikely event it's beyond the connection initialization phase, the packets may well be encrypted.

2011-04-19 10:59:00 Author: Aya042 Posts: 2870

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The proof I was referring to was that there was a hacker group conducting criminal activity with the PSN network... and that they have forced Sony to shut down the PSN. I used references to news articles printed a few weeks ago and statements I received by Sony personally that day.

2011-04-19 23:04:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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The group you referred to above generally do not send viruses. They flood servers with requests that overwhelm them and cause them to slow to the point where they're virtually useless or crash altogether. The problems your having do sound as if it is a problem on your slide. It may be something Sony are doing to some particular servers but I don't really know enough about that side of things to say for sure.

2011-04-19 23:44:00 Author: Chicago51 Posts: 258

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Thanks, The network is back online and has also resolved the shutdown problem with my PS3...not sure how they are related. Sony wouldn't go into specifics as to the type of criminal activity which was going on. I only suggested the possibility of a virus because my PS3 was behaving strangely while the update and network issues were going on and read that attacks on the network were taking place by a hacker group forcing Sony to shut it down this past month.

2011-04-20 00:26:00 Author: hungryhippo Posts: 76

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I have to kinda agree with hippo in a way. In the end our recent problems do stem from the hackers attacking sony, but just in a round about way it seems. They attack, sony changes something in response (coincedentally around same time as the recent update) and bam some of us have connection issues. The thing I can't wrap my head around is: Why only some of us? It seems so random about who gets affected. Anyway, i finally got on PSN last night, but it felt like I was online in name only. I couldn't play any levels, and I mangaged to publish two locked levels after a half an hour of loading time. Got knocked offline again while publishing the second one and couldn't get back online the rest of the night. AHHHHH I hate how all these real world issues is affecting my play time !! Can't we all just get along?? Oh by the way, how many times is the title of this thread going to change??

2011-04-20 10:36:00 Author: kemengjie Posts: 42

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The thing I can't wrap my head around is: Why only some of us? It seems so random about who gets affected. If it was a case of an updated DNS record, then the length of time the old record was cached for would depend on the last time your ISP happened to request the information. So it's kinda random, but the behaviour should be consistent on a per-ISP basis.

2011-04-20 11:30:00 Author: Aya042 Posts: 2870

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hmmm I know how to clear the DSN cache on my computer, anyone know how to clear it on the PS3?

2011-04-20 12:04:00 Author: kemengjie Posts: 42

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hmmm I know how to clear the DSN cache on my computer, anyone know how to clear it on the PS3? Unless you run your own DNS server, it's not really possible to clear the DNS cache - you either have to wait for your ISP's DNS server's cached records to expire, or run your own DNS server. How exactly are you clearing your computer's DNS cache?

2011-04-20 15:36:00 Author: Aya042 Posts: 2870

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Well I don't know if this is the same thing, but recently China has cracked down on VPN users (trying to keep us from gettting out of the great firewall). One of the methods I was told to solve the problem was to perform a DSN flush... type: ipconfig /flushdns at the command prompt. It is supposed to clear out the recent DSN cache? Anyway, again not sure if this is the same thing.... and please don't tell the Chinese govt I said anything bad about them

2011-04-20 18:03:00 Author: kemengjie Posts: 42

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i dunno whats happening here but i had problems with my psp too while playing lbp and while trying to enter playstation store (nooooo i wanted to redeem meh loved up sticker ) the problems were yesterday night but they came back today (i got meh sticker now ) and i got problems right after an update too

2011-04-20 18:18:00 Author: nysudyrgh Posts: 5482

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ipconfig /flushdns That only flushes the cache on your local machine. Next time it looks it up from your ISP's DNS server, you'll still get the wrong result back until their cache has expired.

2011-04-20 18:45:00 Author: Aya042 Posts: 2870

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I'm a little confused my PSN hasn't been working since but it only works when my little brother signs in via Modern Warfare 2 online play and once exiting MW2 online play her is signed out. Any ideas?

2011-04-20 19:00:00 Author: The age of LOLZ Posts: 229

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