"The Interview" must have been offensive movie. Sony Corp's PlayStation Network and Microsoft Corp's Xbox Live were offline for at least two days this week. Both networks were unable to customers on Christmas Day, Fortune said that most of the game and console sales are generated towards the end of the year, where everybody is mostly on holiday mode.
BBC News said that a hacking group called Lizard Squad has stepped up to be the group responsible for the hacks. The group has since targeted Sony in the past. The latest hack has affected 48 million Microsoft and 110 million Sony customers.It has been believed that this recent hack is a distributed denial of service attack.
Although the group has no relation to the other group who was responsible for the hacking of Sony's sensitive data, many are noting the timeliness of the release of the Seth Rogen, James Franco-starrer "The Interview," which revolves around the plot to assassinate North Korean head Kim Jong-Un. Polygon said that the movie, which was pulled out by major theaters in the US, has been made available to buy or rent on several video-on-demand services. Deadline said that the hackers who have attacked Sony earlier issued a threat prompting the company to stop the theatrical release of "The Interview."
"The Interview will be available on PSN for customers in the US at a date to be determined shortly. Given the [last-minute] release of the title, we will focus on launching our current lineup and providing consumers with all the titles and entertainment they expect over the holiday," a spokesperson from Sony said.
So far, Microsoft's XBox is now back online. Sony has yet to post anything new on its Twitter account regarding PlayStation. Its response to customers so far alternate to "We are aware that some users are unable to access at the moment. Our technicians are working to fix this issue," or "There is no time frame at the moment, stay tune for updates.
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