Sony delays return of NHPS, controls additional necessary

As players PlayStation are beginning to think that they will soon be able to clear the cobwebs off the coast of their consoles and blowing the dust of their controllers, a new post on the PlayStation blog has crushed hopes of an imminent return of the PSN function.

Of 77 million users of PlayStation Network and Qriocity have been grab on the research of other things to do since Sony has the services of two weeks after the massive data breach in which personal information belonging to users offline was stolen by hackers. The authors have not yet to be identified.

In the post, which appeared late Friday, Sony spokesman Patrick Seybold said that the company is still working to confirm the security of network infrastructure and is also liaising with various entities outside to ensure that the new system will be as secure as possible.

He continues: a€ audit the security of the system is vital for the restoration process. Additional checks complete system tests are still needed, and we must complete this process before systems online a€

The threats of another violation of reported data, Sony executives are naturally nervous and are eager to avoid any more embarrassing and potentially damaging attack by pirates.

Seybold emphasized this point in his post: "as you have heard, our highest priorities are security of network and ensure your data is safe." We only restore services until we can test the strength of the system in these respects. ?

Referring to some recent rumblings that the service could be restored on the end of the week, Seybold said: "when we held the press conference at the Japan last week, based on what we knew, we should have online less than a week. But at this time, he said, the company was not aware of the seriousness of the attack on the servers of Sony Online Entertainment. Accordingly, further testing is required of "incredibly complex system".

Seybold completes the post by reassure users that "we are doing all that we can" get the service back up and running.

Thursday, players hopes were raised when Sony CEO Howard Stringer, said in a letter posted on the blog and "in the coming days, restore us the service networks and welcome you to the fun." Perhaps we can take "in the coming days" average "at some point in the near future", or perhaps "later this month." As long as it is not "around the time of Christmas." Now that would really be a nuisance.