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"Sony&amp;#039;s PlayStation Network is back online, while planned PSN maintenance has been postponed. Users were unable to connect to the PlayStation Network yesterday (August 24) after a confirmed distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.  Sony explained that while no personal data had been accessed, a group had overwhelmed the network, making it impossible to go online. However, despite intermittent connectivity issues with the PS4, PSN is once again up and running. &amp;quot;The PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network are back online and people can now enjoy the services on their PlayStation devices,&amp;quot; reads a Sony statement.  &amp;quot;The networks were taken offline due to a distributed denial of service attack. We have seen no evidence of any intrusion to the network and no evidence of any unauthorized access to users&amp;#039; personal information.&amp;quot; Sony has subsequently decided to postpone planned PSN maintenance, which was due to take place at 5.40pm later today (August 25).  &amp;quot;In light of today&amp;#039;s issue, the networks will not undergo the regularly scheduled maintenance, which was planned for Monday, August 25. We will provide an update shortly for when the maintenance will be rescheduled.&amp;quot; Sony&amp;#039;s PSN service was taken offline in 2011 after it was hacked and data was compromised. Sony recently agreed to a $15 million settlement after the last outage. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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