2011 PSN Hack Documentary: How Sony Failed Their Customers

[@MysticRyan]

Hi everyone. Hope you all enjoy this one, sorry it took so long to do another documentary. As always, any support on Patreon is greatly appreciated, and thank you all so much for watching. You're all the best.

[@ls-zv5lq]

Great job as always!

[@welshjay74]

Mystic fantastic documentary Ryan loved it

[@Mojavekight17]

Thanks for the hard work 👍

[@forgetivestuff8451]

Nice video, although too many youtube commercials, keep it real. That outage was during my peak movie downloading days on to my PS3. My brother was laughing at me with his 360 fanboys. I did not have a credit card or any funds on my account so and I wasn't too worried about my info, I just changed all my passwords immediately after. I didn't feel too offended by this event, especially because Sony handled it mostly professionally. Xbox on the other hand burned me 3 times with the red ring, it made perfect circles destroying several of my games, low quality 360 controllers that lasted me less than 1 year, and now a crummy exclusive-less generation. It gets harder for me to forgive their mistakes. Especially with those stupid,"oops" error messages.

[@izzyhotboy]

I enjoyed that alot was really good keep up the great work 👍

[@Kosackk]

Imagine working for Sony's technical support the day it started...

[@duckemwithbleach]

A fucking nightmare

[@jaydenjones4404]

@Wilf 116 I can imagine how fast that person's heart dropped. I wonder how many overtime hours were worked because of the attack.

[@TheTerminator619sd]

@@lyricallemons6625 Hahahaha

[@imnotsurelol5943]

Naahdude id fucking quit

[@xanethedarkwerehog]

Duckem with Bleach ikr

[@disciplesf4287]

“ Playstation Network is currently undergoing maintence” I will never forget that line...

[@zinooo476]

Haven’t seen that in time I remember I was playing black ops 3 with my friends then the servers went down

[@disciplesf4287]

@Levz It was free back in the time

[@DBailey94]

@I am Vibing yoooo same here that's actually why I'm rewatching this lmao. Last time something like this happened was in 2011

[@lawrencedavis7797]

It’s happening right now

[@micd2k826]

@@lawrencedavis7797 still on oh fuck here we go again

[@crashfan9997]

Luckily I was still playing ps2 in 2011.

[@monkeydluffy9038]

Me too and psp

[@chuviis3508]

Same lol

[@CynicalZeke]

I was still playing Nintendo 64 in 2011 😂

[@morganking4166]

lol i got my ps3 christmas 2012

[@Hungry_Hy3n4]

Didn't get PS3 till 2013

[@swordcrafted]

“Stolen credit card info” Gift card people: *sigh of relief*

[@six-stringphantom1402]

lmao so true. That was me back then

[@orangedrip]

I'm more a gift card person idk I feel more comfy adding funds with gift cards

[@swordcrafted]

@@orangedrip Same. Plus you get an extra card to keep around. Some platforms even give rewards for redeeming gift cards lol.

[@orangedrip]

@@swordcrafted i don't know any maybe the my nintendo rewards which gives you gold points in every game you purchase

[@swordcrafted]

@@orangedrip i remember in roblox when you redeem a gift card code you get an extra free item based on what month and what store you got it from

[@DeeMulaah]

The joke was on them I was broke anyway All they stole were Hopes and dreams

[@DetoNaGamerscom]

Good joke.

[@CreatemaYY]

Lmaooo I love this comment

[@i2Qwik]

But online on PlayStation was free back then

[@AcidFuzz]

T D i don’t think he’s referring to online use

[@SlumV1llain]

Is that a haiku?

[@AliA]

Great video, I remember PSN going down all those years ago but forgot it was for 23 days! If that happened now it would cause havoc hah

[@BM8C7]

Oh my god Ali a is here

[@Ohkext]

O

[@ONLYOUSSEMA]

0 likes?

[@mrgalanty]

so random

[@KasaneTetoBaguette]

*ali a laughing at psn shutdown*

[@muney2874]

I remember when this happened, I was 9 and remembered saying "Ooh free games!". Didn't know that my dads credit card was in jeopardy. Now infamous is one of my favorite game series

[@Cammy2123]

Omg me too. Infamous is actually my #1 fave lol

[@primalgreyy]

I’m so glad that back then when I wanted anything I would use psn cards instead of debit/credit cards, if a hack like that happened now I’d lose my shit because I do have some stuff connected

[@jaygear5870]

Axel Z I use my card, but I remove it after I’m done purchasing something.

[@Caveyy]

Jay Gear same bro

[@Donts_blackwell]

@@jaygear5870 the log stays in the servers, so you aren't saved at all

[@werock2785]

I swear to god almost every Major security breach is the same story: The company knew of the vulnerability but ignored it.

[@BlestTiger]

If only they knew how bad it would affect them...

[@kalenhop]

I swear to god bro the psn security wasn’t either made yet powered yet or was just underpowered against the big hacking groups

[@Ocelot35]

I know. Same story... hackers steal from innocent people. What losers. XD

[@ZacCoxTV]

I remember when this happened I never wanted to play Black Ops 1 so bad but couldn't because no PSN... Then all we got was a free indie game and a week of PS Plus lol.

[@QuasiDragon369]

Woah Zac never thought I'd see you here

[@TalesFromTheSlumsOfMumbai]

ok didt think i would see you here

[@hablicious6117]

i mean, some of the choices were infamous littlebigplanet and wipeout but k lol

[@DevilishlyFash]

Woah infamous is a very good game, so is little big planet.

[@skytdu]

I remember those days, damm time flies

[@SimoRDPR]

Just went downstairs and hugged my ps3

[@rz1sa]

Why do you still have a ps3? Unless you have 2 consoles

[@JuanGSR]

@@rz1sa Why not? I kept my PS2 evne though I haven't used it in years

[@pixy8897]

I Still have my Original PS1 Fat, and my Dreamcast. What's the problem?

[@Storywealth]

..and my PS2 and my PSX.. :) @Sniper9warfare: Cause we can! :) (and care)

[@SimoRDPR]

Sniper9warfare I have a ps3 and ps4

[@the-boring-car-guy]

This didn't really affect me. I'm just glad I got free games out of it lol. It'd be far worse if it happened today

[@HossBonaventureCEO]

Dude the free games they gave as compensation sucked.

[@pradapasta]

@@HossBonaventureCEO Little Big planet was something I remember as a kid I'm glad they released those games

[@HossBonaventureCEO]

@@CherryFlavoredAntAss Littlebigplanet was the 4th one in the US. Lbp was almost 3 years old, Infamous was almost 2 yeats old and already had huge price cuts, wipe out was meh, and dead nation was super short.

[@thingshappen9199]

I didn't even have a PSN account back then. Lucky me. I remember i used to play wayyyy too much Demon's Souls Offline when that happened.

[@lilwilly5265]

It happened on Xbox in 2015 or 2016 for a week? That was when I just got it.

[@marxistlynchist]

I remember when this happened. some of my friends were bummed that their PSPs and PS3s wouldn’t go online, meanwhile I was having the time of my life playing Wii Sports Resort lmao. but I was actually affected by the 2014 one because my bro had actually got a PS4 the same day !

[@whangggggg]

I was playing ps2 that time lol

[@tacticalmanagerbabymommaak5825]

Lol I was also playing on the wii at that time

[@prabhnoorhans9765]

That hack was great. It got Little Big Planet & Infamous. Both great games.

[@OhhHarrods]

Sameeee

[@Andre-rl3dp]

both games are so fuckin amazing

[@georgielockhart6686]

Did you have 2 accounts? I only got little big planet and a couple of psp titles.

[@PeaceNPassion50]

I downloaded all 5 through various accounts. Never played Wipeout but especially loved Infmaous and playing through Dead Nation with friends

[@peepoos]

Infamous and infamous 2 were fuckinnnng goood and had replay value too. I played both of those games at least 10 times over each

[@nat570]

Hacker: Hacks Sony PlayStation: Releases a bunch of games for free Hacker: We got em boys

[@Oscar-sy3oo]

Fax

[@bryanalmanza9296]

fax

[@heyjoji1954]

no shit? damn I missed out what they give?..... was it even triple a titles?

[@notsofriendlysquidd2351]

Hey Joji Infamous, Little Big Planet, and 2 other games i forgot

[@savior-777hunting9]

Not So Friendly Squidd killzone and a racing game

[@shonbera5246]

Imagine just getting the PS3 and discovering that you can play online with other players only to have the Network get hacked a week or so later... Yeah, that was me.

[@Vurnex]

Lol, that was almost me since I got my PS3 sometime in early 2011 but didn't decide to make an account until around August

[@alejandrorios3273]

I got my ps3 on December 23rd of 2010 so yes I went through the hack

[@getpeaveymaced]

On my birthday, April 25th 2011, I got a PSP GO which was completely digital which meant I could only download games through the playstation store. Needless to say I was very upset when I found out the network was down and I couldn't get any games for it. It went back to the store 2 days later for a refund. I never bought another Sony product again.

[@theoneandonly9882]

Thats me 😂 Got my ps3 in March 2011

[@henry2811]

Got it on February 2011, was frustrated with barely time I was playing online before servers went down 😅

[@droid1008]

this is like the one show you can't stop coming back to, it's amazingly well put together

[@tnaplastic2182]

The hack was an adventure which changed the life of BILLIONS of people and most don't even know it!

[@BobTheBob647]

I was an Xbox gamer during these days so I was largely unaffected by this. I do remember my PS3 friends freaking out.

[@XRelays]

Me too,my friends were so scared while I was playing mw2

[@undertaker11ism]

that shit was like 9/11 of the gaming world

[@Wraith_Fire]

I felt bad for em lol

[@bingchilling34]

My ass was playing Lego star wars at the time so I didnt even know or care

[@crispe2k519]

Gazzle Spaz same

[@barrymccockiner773]

It was a dark month for sure. I was in the middle of a good ass game on Ascension in BO1 when it happened 😭😭

[@V_For_Vigilante]

what round

[@barrymccockiner773]

Fearless loner Pfft man if I had to take a wild guess, it was at least round 15. I remember having all my weapons upgraded and then boom. *An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network*

[@birdoverlord6826]

I was playing Kino at the time I finally got a thunder gun at round 23 and I went to upgrade it. I put it in the pack a punch machine.... sadly never saw it come out *an error has occured*

[@barrymccockiner773]

A4L MarXGe when did I say 15 was good? Lol I had just purchased the map and had a decent squad. We’ll never know how far we would’ve gotten :(

[@blot4553]

@@barrymccockiner773 "I was in the middle of a good ass game..."

[@UrobourosZero]

I lost a friend because of this. I knew someone who was suicidal and I had talked her down multiple times. After the hack, I never saw her log in again and after mourning her for a long time, I kind of accepted that I'd never get closure and unfriended her account. I hated always seeing her PSN ID on my list with the Last Logged In date only getting longer and longer... I think about her on occasion, praying she didn't actually do anything but... I don't have high hopes anymore.

[@mark_swag_lord]

this makes me sad

[@mikahherrera8691]

I used to play with a friend i met on ps. I played with him almost everyday for 2 years. And one day he logged off and ive never heard from him again.

[@poptoot530]

imagine she logged on and she saw u werent there

[@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey]

She committed suicide because the servers were down? Lol

[@nitrota2166]

@@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey don't be dense. He/she meant that they weren't able to be there during those vulnerable times and is forced to assume what happened.

[@Bernkastel-S117]

Ugh I remembered when it happened. I was 11 at the time so I didn't really realize how serious the issue had been. At the time I was only pissed off that I couldn't access PSN.

[@rockermack7903]

The music playing in the background really makes this much more suspenseful.

[@MrSplickers]

Omg, my dad beat my ass cause he thought I lost all of his data but I kept tryna explain that all I did was play GTA 4 lmao

[@Bax365]

RIP what a waste of an ass whoopin

[@Calais05]

KieranFR I’d kick my sons ass if that was what really happened!

[@prowthegamer]

Mr. Zeaky Zeak LOL (3/16/19)

[@LoverOfManyArts]

That sounds like abuse

[@bryanp5843]

Charles Desmonda Discipline

[@crackcbainefl2675]

I’ll never forget this day my older brother was screaming at the top of his lungs for a whole week cuz he couldn’t play black ops online 😂, meanwhile I was having the time of my life playing on my ps2

[@Falconhawk3784]

the ps2 is always my back up console

[@crackcbainefl2675]

Falconhawk3784 so many good memories with that console I bought my first one my 4th grade year in 2009.

[@unoriginal7076]

@@crackcbainefl2675 lol

[@AtinsMusic]

Lmaoo it didn't happen to me but one of my neighbors older brothers beat his ass cuz he thought he broke his ps3 or something. He felt like such an asshole after 😂

[@justinwhalen9262]

Imagine working for Sony's technical support the day it started...

[@Wackaz]

This event is oddly nostalgic for me, what a wild time; I miss these times when this random stuff would happen. PS3/XBOX 360/Wii era was something else man.

[@likeable6906]

Remember when Lizardsquad shut down the PSN network on Christmas Day/Night when the PS4 was kinda new?

[@chunchunmaru]

yeah but that was just for a day while back in 2011 psn was offline for over a month

[@GagePatrick]

@@chunchunmaru I lived through both and trust me the lizard shit pissed me off more I get new games new controller new headset so fucking hyped but no. But who cares now I got a pc

[@jaredgiron369]

Paydro lmaoooo yes i do i was playin gta that day

[@Dinosaur_Senior]

God that lizard squad shit pissed me off so bad. I had literally tue worst christmas that year too and it made me hella depressed when that happened too

[@justinmongeon3739]

Paydro yessssss

[@yt_user1772]

Funny thing I lost 450$ and missed the welcome pack..

[@ditanugroho5654]

RIP

[@expertz4703]

Rip

[@saoitb1729]

RIP

[@argonauts56au1kera6]

@Nikitos 77 Did you miss the PS3 when the PS3 welcome pack happened because you weren’t on the PS3? Or did you not get the PS3 welcome pack even when it came out?

[@MonsterMunsh67]

I also didn't get the welcome back pack, because when I had originally created my psn account, I had mistyped one character in my email. And so, I was always using an email address I never had access to Only realized it after 1 month of frustration of not being able to play online, when I had to reset the password. And of course I also lost all the trophies and stuff. Ahhhhh good old days!

[@daviethelion5131]

I was 16 and in college when this happened (in the UK)...crazy how time flies because I remember this so much. I was addicted to the PS3 in my teen years, so this was massive to me and that’s why I will ALWAYS remember it.

[@NorthCamZ]

I was 10 when this happened. I did not remeber how extensive the problems where but remember the free games.

[@Gorbeastgaming]

I was 4

[@GodzzHustla]

I was 14

[@CCzarMasta56]

I was 19

[@dementedspirit1359]

I was 31.....

[@bob-xc5bh]

This coming April it’ll mark 10 years ... we’re aging fast

[@chasemcbride15]

Yeah sadly we are

[@jjdueuehsjsusus589]

@@chasemcbride15 yh man life is too short

[@jjdueuehsjsusus589]

@@chasemcbride15 for me a year feels like a month

[@chasemcbride15]

@@jjdueuehsjsusus589 same here man. It’s sucks

[@jjdueuehsjsusus589]

@@chasemcbride15 yh man see you in this Comment in 2030

[@OnettBoyXD]

I remember this greatly, it happened literally a month after my older brother got a PS3 and gave me his old Xbox 360. Once the hack happened he just hogged my Xbox until PSN returned. It was so annoying.

[@BasedRedemption]

Lmao that’s actually pretty funny

[@DarthCaviar]

@@TylerSmith-sd2oc when you give someone something you actually give them something you don't let them borrow it

[@Shadows5815]

@@DarthCaviar nah but thats what us siblings do brah

[@0500MUSIC]

@@Shadows5815 word you can tell he’s a spoilt only child😂😂😂

[@suppressed_viii]

@@DarthCaviar When someone gives you a free Xbox 360, you help them out when their PS3 temporarily doesn't work...

[@danasaeed9018]

I Bought my ps3 in April 2011 i swear to GOD, but i didn't know till now that there was a psn hack problem yet i enjoyed the hell out of my ps3 because i never used a psn.

[@broly.1822]

Lmao me too

[@TheMehmet.]

MaskD me too 🤣

[@andrewd5139]

I had the original ps3 from 2009-2010 then my dad sold it. Im glad we got another one in november of 2011. I was unaware of the hack at all. I didnt even have psn

[@ps-lover8380]

me to I never used psn that much un til PS4 comes

[@spht9ng]

Dude i bought my ps3 at the same time. A day before the outage. And specifically just to play CoD online. I was so pissed when i got home and tried to sign up. I played so much campaign and zombies.

[@YourAverageHikikomori]

I still hate and I will never forgive Sony for killing the Vita.

[@drugdoer6250]

same it couldve revived handheld devices

[@aleksandarkurbalija]

its not completelly dead. It just doesnt want to die. How ironic, vita translated means life.

[@KingAgniKai]

@@aleksandarkurbalija the vita is completely dead outside Japan. Nintendo AND Sony killed the vita

[@andy-tm5re]

dude vita was the most promising portable console but still dont understand why it just stopped progressing

[@your_average_cultured_dude]

the stupid sd cards. theyre like $100 for 60 gigs

[@slidervods7124]

I feel like this was the 9/11 of gaming

[@murderonmarz1647]

Underrated comment

[@ryanreynolds6704]

no way you just compared 911 to a 21 day outage on playstation

[@carljohnson7168]

@@ryanreynolds6704 the OP is just trying to show the significance and chaos that came from this event similar to the events of 9/11 in the real world.

[@littlej493]

@@carljohnson7168 Right but many people died on 9/11 resulting in a war, where the 21 day outage resulted in gamers not knowing what to do with themselves for a few weeks basically speaking

[@carljohnson7168]

@@littlej493 yeah that’s true.

[@splatink]

Well Nintendo is 10 steps behind in the world of online connectivity

[@iMRM-ez8of]

laughs in trade evolve pokemon* fuck your Kadabra!

[@argonauts56au1kera6]

@Splatink at least they don’t get their servers hacked and reveal millions of personal information.

[@ult935]

Argonxx12 1 That happens to every online network at least once . It happened to Xbox too and furthermore Nintendo Switch has terrible online

[@argonauts56au1kera6]

@THE BEST I’m not hating on Sony. I was making a joke but okay.

[@Lag1422-]

Well they don’t have security breaches so that’s that

[@rabihfaraj8031]

R.I.P Billy Mason My Best friend last online 2008 - 2011 Press F to pay Respects.

[@amuDo246Snake]

F

[@Mixonne_]

F

[@dexis476]

f :/

[@LittIeJoeyD]

F

[@XRelays]

F

[@BornLeftyy]

I was sophomore in high school when this happened I was really upset because I had just gotten SOCOM 4 and Mortal Kombat right before this happened this essentially killed the SOCOM series it’s sad

[@unicorntomboy9736]

Why did aynonomous attack Sony for?

[@TheFurryInShambles]

@@unicorntomboy9736 Anonymous said the hacker that was first mentioned in this video was one of their own. That's why they attacked Sony.

[@unicorntomboy9736]

@@TheFurryInShambles Sony was only doing what they were legally allowed to do to protect their platform from being held and pirated. They were wrong to attack Sony

[@marky3609]

@@unicorntomboy9736 Did you not watch the video?

[@unicorntomboy9736]

@@marky3609 yes I did

[@kjellbeats]

Anonymous: we dont want to create any inconvenience for the gamers Proceeds to steal all their information

[@pirateclick1d169]

Maybe it wasn't them.

[@tedsmalldik3248]

Nah it was someone else and Sony had weak a$$ security for the PS3.

[@nileredsexperiment834]

It wasn’t Anonymous tho. It’s a guy named Cody Kretsinger.

[@BlestTiger]

If is fairly unlikely it is them.

[@Goyardghazi]

I'll never get that week of MW2 back and THAT.... is what eats at me the most each night

[@cheesyspace]

The time was great on xbox360 back then😏

[@AerohTV]

cheesyspace big facts

[@SaelPossible]

BO1

[@tyler999]

NiBones it was over a month, not a week

[@SaelPossible]

@Josh Josh it in fact was a month

[@TRICELLxGAMER]

The name was JessyAlive59. Last seen 6 years ago. *emptiness and Nostalgia start to increase*

[@overwatchiraphahell5330]

JessyDead59

[@jjparker3279]

Their account seems active somtimes in 2012 psnprofiles.com/jessyalive59/log

[@koremity4432]

Who is she?

[@dawgKev]

Huhhh

[@GamingIncMasterTroll]

Albert Wesker aktually I’m still alive man how’s it going

[@DJ-Daz]

You forgot to mention that the outage occured at the same time as the tsunami, and many people thought the two incidents were connected.

[@boah1668]

How the hell is even possible to connect a nature catastrophy with this?

[@DJ-Daz]

@@boah1668 Simple, the tsunami happened just a few weeks earlier, and the failures cascaded.

[@Excaliber237]

How can we forget the hacker group called in their ace card.. a fricken Tsunami 😂😂

[@polostackin5051]

YOOOOOO FRRRR

[@ashishsh2859]

@@Excaliber237 lmaooooooo

[@sharkwiththeirononhiship]

Sony might not be the cleanest company in the planet concerning their products, but at the very least they are responsible enough to take full backlash against their wrong doings and apologize for breaking their promised delivered services. Good job Sony, you genuinely tried your best 👍

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

Jokes on them because I was able to get some right free good games

[@LiEnby]

>causes 75 million dollars in damages to Sony "Jokes on them" xD

[@revivetill3348]

@@LiEnby Miss the part where thats my problem

[@saltney17]

Jack Jones little jack

[@hanzo7616]

The games Sony released as compensation were terrible lol. The only good one was Little Big Planet and that was old af anyways lol.

[@TritonGamezYT]

@@hanzo7616 infamous is pretty good too!!

[@oldpuppo]

Hackers in April: *hacks psn* Sony: “We are sorry, it won’t happen again.” Hackers in May: “Want to see me do it again?”

[@xxbullriderkillx9301]

Should said, I'll fuckin do it again

[@alihtx29]

😂😂😂😂

[@xxbullriderkillx9301]

@Changed Name shut up kid your probably in 3rd grade get a life

[@xxbullriderkillx9301]

@Michael Connors Your last name is Conners lol

[@xxbullriderkillx9301]

@Michael Connors Thats what life says to you lmao

[@benisjammin626]

I bought a ps3 in late July or early August of 2011 as a Sophomore in highschool. I didn't even know about this fiasco until a few months later when I made some new friends at school that played ps3 (most played xbox360). I was just excited to finally take my 2 weeks worth of pay during the summer to finally buy a ps3 that I had been wanting for years. I bought it after work walking a mile to the mall. Caught the public bus, and then walked the almost 2 miles home over a big mountain holding my ps3 slim massive box. Embarrassing? Yes. Did I care? Fuck no

[@issai9653]

Benjamin Smith You’re the best man.

[@maxrichardsxn6140]

😂😂

[@الأمةالمهزومةيكتبونويتشدقونبلغ]

Me to I buy PS3 in that year for the first time it was fan good times

[@juanjo6dx]

That's an awesome story man!!! So determined

[@douglasouellette1105]

Good shit lmao true gamer

[@NOAHZKI]

Whos here because of the outage right now

[@Konig977]

Me

[@SaltyShirt8335]

Me because someone may have been hackinv all psn servers

[@Pacer726]

Me

[@Xiety369]

Me in tweaking rn this is painful 😢

[@NOAHZKI]

This shit Is sad

[@triledink]

Damn straight i choose infamous for the free game after the hack.

[@vSpiikey]

I had two accounts. I got inFamous and Wipeout too. 😊 Good times.

[@umyayo4987]

😭😭😭

[@titsmcgee1611]

@@vSpiikey they gave two free games out per system and file-sharing was a huge thing back then. But Infamous and dead nation were the ones I chose.

[@r.m.1016]

I got my little big planet and infamous. Very good times

[@UlyssesM]

@@titsmcgee1611 per account. you could make a new account and get the other two games

[@PatrickMcNamara8]

I do not usually leave comments on videos but this was a truly exceptional video and I feel it deserves greater recognition. As someone who was directly impacted by this attack in 2011, I still had lingering questions about the outage. This video went above and beyond answering my questions and I found the whole video engaging and interesting. Keep up the great work!

[@HemiBoyWalt]

Patrick McNamara I’m also a survivor of this attack and feel that one month felt like prison

[@HemiBoyWalt]

Devilry Games typo that i didn’t bother to fix lol

[@blackmetal4546]

@Devilry Games It was only down for 3 weeks bro.

[@paulglombitza658]

Completely agree.

[@austingilcher6687]

I could've sworn it was down for several months. I guess my boredom just made it feel longer.

[@KevynBGrams]

Kutaragi was so far ahead of the ball. It is such a shame the old guard at Sony were/are so blind. He had the vision to create an iOS/Android like environment almost a decade before anyone else. The old guard were clueless about the web. This whole thing could have been avoided if they would have listened to Ken.

[@Pacc_Man]

Ah shit … here we go again

[@wolfdaddiegaming2491]

Just the comment I was lookin for 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-mq1eg2hj5r]

Plot twist: The hackers wanted to get the free games

[@pleaseboi3410]

@@BJWC yeah

[@okamiexe1501]

THEFTBLUEHD we all think them for it lol

[@starbuckoof5219]

Now that hacker is playing fortnite in ps4

[@Winchester3]

And stop being gay

[@MaSTeRXDOfficial]

your profile photo

[@andy-tm5re]

“Our goal is not to inconvenience gamers” *steals 77mil gamer credit card numbers*

[@FinalGrade]

If it was Anonymous who had taken that information then they probably didn't intend on using it. They just needed it as leverage against Sony.

[@markreyes7454]

Lol, ikr? I saw that shit, too. And I was like,"Bruh.", lolol.

[@juliangomez660]

FinalGrade leverage for what lol

[@maverickperdomo8717]

@@juliangomez660 hurt the company name as you saw it's stealing people's identity and risk of losing money

[@IncognitoSprax]

FinalGrade The funniest part is that you really believe this.

[@burntmarshmello3352]

*Watching PSN Documentary* *Gets Xbox One Ad*

[@Snorlax151]

Just got one too.

[@ThirdeyeXo]

Same dawg

[@giraya111]

Same here

[@xaura47]

Same

[@themacintoshnerd]

Same

[@manchboy8005]

I was 11 at the time in Aus and remember being down for months... now I’m told it was only 23 days wtf

[@DavidColella]

Finally it’s not just me I thought it was down for months too

[@zoniannitrate2905]

yeh i was 10, it was during school holidays as well, back then two weeks of school holidays felt like an eternity of freedom lmao.

[@urmumsballs69]

Yeah I was just thinking earlier that it must have been like 3-4 months that it was down, but then read it was only 23 days!

[@Physeter]

Mandela effect

[@emmanuela3663]

I used to debate furiously with my friends who were Xbox fans about which system was better. I was a PlayStation guy so when this happened I was incredibly salty lol 😂. They didn’t let me live it down for a long time. Good times!

[@leaffie5756]

Emmanuel A that’s all they have against us tho.

[@PLANTBAT]

Yeah, but they don't have any games anymore, and have to rely on Nintendo to make good grace with the public.

[@eiloen]

It's good thing Xbox has never had a problem like this........

[@PLANTBAT]

@@eiloen I went through 4 Xbox 360's and my Xbox One almost blew up my apartment by short circuiting. Xbox has it's own problems.

[@bekeex]

Xbox got hacked to.

[@hustlengrind187]

Gotta remember PSN was free when it 1st came out. It was bound to happen. Still love playstation!

[@sarah-_-6730]

It's still free on PS3, only charged on the ps4

[@The7Reaper]

PSN still is free, it's PS Plus that costs money.

[@sarah-_-6730]

@@The7Reaper yes, and PS Plus is required to use most features of PSN

[@The7Reaper]

@@sarah-_-6730 Mostly just to play games online but free-to-play games don't need PS Plus and don't need to play single player games.

[@BalthazarB2]

@@The7Reaper But you still need it to play most games online, which is just plain theft from Sony.

[@wompastompa3692]

We are Anomalous. We are a Region. Forgive and Forget. Expecto Patronum.

[@zoldyckhawk3790]

Lmao

[@woodjamin]

LMFAO

[@shuu7524]

You would cry like a little girl when they hack you ohh I hope they hack you so good that you'll never mock them again

[@wompastompa3692]

@@shuu7524 Oh no, they'll make it so that I can't go online for a few days, I'm quaking in my boots.

[@zoldyckhawk3790]

@@shuu7524 its a joke... A JOKE

[@TheClax123]

10 years later and Rockstar is going through the SAME THING!

[@tnaplastic2182]

IMPOSSIBLE... The Hackers back then could have forced a new forged FW-Update on PSPs and PS3 and it was a Mainframe-Takeover... Is it a Mainframe-Takeover in Rockstar's case?

[@1hero866]

My 10 year old playing on the wii not knowing what online even was

[@woodjamin]

"makes new account." *xP lObBiEs?*

[@MS_Clipsz]

does anyone remember Whiteboy7thst's rant about the servers being down

[@mikeockslong5047]

I haven't heard that name in years lmao.

[@MS_Clipsz]

@@mikeockslong5047 that man was my childhood

[@viktorjack8869]

My childhood

[@oscarorozco4452]

i only found out about him because psn was down lol

[@RedDeadExpert007]

That man fell off, bad.

[@iyxb]

I love hearing these golden age stories.

[@arzqv]

enjoy them kiddo those were some interesting moments for us

[@Bread_Bug]

I remember kids that didn’t understand/know that PSN was hacked were making videos raging about how they couldnt play black ops 1 online. And 360 players making fun of ps3 owners for not having online. It was an interesting time 😂

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

same

[@SampElliot]

@@Bread_Bug R.I.P. KIDS QI.

[@PracarYT]

@@Bread_Bug for these xbox 360 people who were bullying ps3 users a merry fuck you Like LITERALLY there was big chance of them losing credit card number and other personal info Like as much console war there is there should be a fucking limit where u can laugh

[@YSEternal_]

Glad I was on GameCube during this time!

[@FlavioThepianist]

I was on the Nintendo Wii 😂

[@snakepliskin23]

Lol I had all those but my ps was the best

[@phlextape3703]

Good Console!

[@radicalhedgehog_]

I was a Wii and 360 person around that time

[@dericjames2018]

I was on PSP.

[@ArDeeNY1]

Congrats you just gave me Vietnam flashbacks

[@VaNdaILoKo]

Facts😭

[@ChumpyChicken2]

Funny!

[@BasedRedemption]

Lmao honestly. I get PTSD from this shit.

[@keebzkeebler]

Good documentary, took me back to when that actually happened. A shitty time for all of us PSN users. Let's just hope something like that never happens again.

[@mcwalakn]

Got my free InFamous because of this :)

[@yeahjustin]

mcwalakn Same, beat that game waayyy too many times

[@ventiqx.1070]

@@yeahjustin Yeah great fucking game, enjoyed it so much

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

They keep pushing this cashless society bullshit then it's going to keep happening and getting worse

[@NOAHZKI]

I remember I would always check coming back from school every single day

[@vampire___]

Can we just appreciate the fact that sony tried so hard to fix this situation hope nothing like this happens again.

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

Yeah, after it was their asses being put on the line too.

[@yesyes-om1po]

something like this shouldn't have been possible in the first place, DDOS is something anybody can do with a bot network, its a wonder nobody did it earlier.

[@Envixity98]

cough lizard squad cough cough

[@anonymousfreedom1253]

Maybe Sony shouldn’t have asked for more than they could handle asking for PayPal information? User IPs who watched his KZbin videos? Sony wanted to be Tyrant but forgot that there are people out there that will put them in check.

[@TheOnlyPlayerYT]

Aged like milk

[@christianortega7610]

I remember this being in highschool. Boored to death having to go out and socialize. It was traumatic. However it did make me play solo... And reach the highest cod zombies level I've ever had

[@V_For_Vigilante]

i agree with u making friends with people is traumatic and useless

[@ultimatekyle3067]

@@V_For_Vigilante edgey

[@V_For_Vigilante]

Lego Stopmotions Incorporated 101 Says the bitch boy who plays with Lego toys

[@realvivifromloona]

@@V_For_Vigilante Lmao chill

[@eusexva]

Round 2?

[@ImnotKentLincoln]

Yup Just bought mortal kombat 9 played 4 matches and then PlayStation went down , I was never so disappointed

[@TheCriminal-mb7lu]

Kent Lincoln i bought mk9 was about to play then boom 😂

[@nitrokaiju]

Shao Kahn invaded the tech realm and lead his Tarkatan hordes to destroy every chip.

[@joeythejanitor1920]

I had an Xbox and my older brother had a PS3 in 2011. When this happened he basically took over my Xbox. So I suffered from this event even though I had an Xbox.

[@275bluedream]

Asaptaco id be soo fuckin pissed

[@Anttzro]

lmfao

[@osiris6547]

Why does anyone care

[@KidEmperor11]

Who is here after hearing Sony got hacked again????

[@Davidrichmondd]

Sony as a company is so weak, and the fact they still have not spoke out about this speaks volumes. Rockstar immediately got the FBI involved once someone started leaking their GTA 6 footage, embarrassing.

[@miloshroom1]

@@Davidrichmonddthe hack was debunked and determined to be a hoax.

[@anthonycruz5081]

Yeah I remembered when we got hacked by lizard squad on Christmas 😂😂

[@jett3048]

i remember that

[@OscarHernandez-uu9qb]

I was mad ass shit I had just gotten an Xbox one and couldn’t play lmao

[@fendi958]

@@OscarHernandez-uu9qb it wasn't on xbox 1 it was Ps3 and xbx360

[@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey]

Lol yeah that, I remember trying to play gta 5 with a friend on christmas but fucking lizard squad or whoever the fuck they are decided to ruin our fun

[@davidtrowers1654]

I got pissed off that I couldn’t play gta v on Xbox one

[@crazymike65]

I remember when this happened. I was so frustrated by the lack of information about the outage that I went out and bought a PC and never looked back since. It's really cool to see this event well documented like this.

[@yungkobi]

This is what got me infamous and little big planet aye

[@Antoekneeog]

YungKobi bruh same

[@mohawkandbeard4335]

Same dude lol infamous was. And still is a kickass game

[@jaimeg309]

Don't Ya Remember Modnation Racers? :D

[@Sawzei]

What? You got inFAMOUS for free? Nah.... Wait whu?

[@jaimeg309]

@@Sawzei my dad got it aswell 👌

[@wileymanful]

It probably says something to how rapidly the internet was growing at this time that this was such a massive deal. Back in 2008 or so it probably wouldn't be quite so big yet still a big deal. Nowadays though, something like this seems insanely unthinkable. Gaming and online are almost completely intertwined now, and thinking of something like fortnite being offline for 23 days seems insane. There would be riots.

[@pyxelist8007]

17:41 Holy crap the music choice is PERFECT for this scene of the documentary! Persona 5 OST - Sunset Bridge

[@crypticbeast1013]

Persona music is perfect for anything.

[@DromeTrades]

I remember this. I was just happy to get two free games after. We got all the games for free because we had multiple accounts as well!

[@Hotcatfish1]

This gave me legit chills, I remember coming back home to play cod with my dad and my school mates, we couldn't even sign in! Little did we know how long it would be down for and how many games we needed online to play. Amazing video!!

[@Hotcatfish1]

Also remember red dead being my go to game in this down period!

[@GOTDRAGONS]

@@Hotcatfish1 same

[@lamprosvlx8596]

@@Hotcatfish1 judging by your pfp I'm pretty sure you didn't play games back then

[@Hotcatfish1]

@@lamprosvlx8596 what's the point of your comment man?

[@lamprosvlx8596]

@@Hotcatfish1 showing that you're just a 10 y/o tryna be cool

[@jorgea8518]

Oh yeah, I remember when that happened and I had to go to my bank immediately to cancel my debit card and get a new one because I didn't wanted these hackers to steal my money from my debit card back then. Lucky for me it didn't happen, and lucky for Sony I don't care for online gaming, so I stuck with my PS3 and my single player games.

[@blockstepper83]

who else was online while this happened.. It was scary.

[@dexis476]

Parallel Neon lol

[@f10bmw64]

Damn was playin little big planet while it happend.

[@undertaker11ism]

advan GT was playing gta 4

[@f10bmw64]

joel robert shittt. Must be hard

[@undertaker11ism]

advan GT Not really because i was playing story mode at the time.

[@larxi_]

I remember when I got hacked. They took my dads debit card number and purchases so my dad had to take a new debit card... He also lost money from hackers coming and stealing my account they also removed my password so I couldn’t access it for 8 years... I got it back with only 1 Game. And that was Slender. Edit: I also forgot to say that I got Terraria back as well.

[@Marouu1]

Sad :( I really feel bad for your dad the most tho

[@baconbitz7804]

Leonardo_Playz_YT did you not make a new account?

[@auraconora3996]

what no freakin way was it that bad that they couldn’t access their card?

[@alparslanaras1720]

Leonardo_Playz_YT same happened to me too brother 😩

[@babypotato1032]

Thats why you dont leave your card info dummy

[@Jamellii]

Plot Twist: Microsoft paid anonymous to DDOS attack Sony’s network

[@emilioduran3430]

Dude that been funny but anonymous would never do that there focused on only exploiting

[@CriticalsncSonicTd]

Haha

[@ghostellaandghostvortex1549]

sad to tell you this but they tried attacking the Microsoft servers but with the xbox live being paid for it was really hard for them to heck they even attacked the Wii servers

[@emilioduran3430]

@@ghostellaandghostvortex1549 I could see this Xbox has not been keen on the home brew community too

[@aneverydaygamer8022]

@@emilioduran3430 You do realize they don't go after consumers right.

[@StrawberryRaine]

I was only 8 at the time, and I'm pretty sure I got my PS3 a couple weeks after all this had settled down, but even I vaguely remember hearing about this while my family watched the news. Never knew PSN was down for so long though, I think I always imagined in my mind that it was closer to a week. Very interesting to learn about.

[@user-mv7ho8ts7z]

"Communication is key" PS4: I agree, that's why we gonna charge $60 a year. Edit: I had to change the price of the PS Plus otherwise this comment section was going to stone me lol Also Thanks for 700 likes!!!

[@bambammacho]

Dog Eyes are you an Xbox player?

[@outlxndish]

Prolly is ps plus is $10 xbox one needs xbl gold for a free to play game SAD

[@5mithy712]

You’ve never owned a PS4 if you think it’s $90

[@eyedknow1589]

Pixel Tits yes plus tax which makes it 60$

[@denis8906]

@Pixel Tits u can also just pay 5€ a month

[@zkrepto9212]

The hack that broke my childhood heart...;(

[@ninjaman3447]

zKrepto I just wanted to play some black ops 1 man😔

[@ONLYOUSSEMA]

10:07 the transition is sooo goood the way the music fades out and then the news reporter give the shocking news

[@xcalibar_249]

Ikr

[@vladimirharkonnen458]

Anyone here because PSN is down as of 21:22 EDT Sep 30 2024?

[@nelsahn7131]

Yuuup

[@Pacer726]

Me

[@thesmallestbiggie2892]

Me sirrr

[@HoodTurtle]

yuppp

[@RobertSmithhalo]

I’m sure Microsoft was laughing when this was happening.

[@qp-r2276]

And still ps3 has more sells than xbox 360 after all the chaos the ps3 got they still won that proves how sony is better than Microsoft

[@STGPancake69]

@@qp-r2276 No they don't lmao.

[@qp-r2276]

@@STGPancake69 they do lmao

[@konstak05]

@@STGPancake69 they do lmao lmao

[@qp-r2276]

@Rodrigues_27 we can play free online and what are you XBOX LIVE ps3 won more sells and got chaos by Hackers and what still won

[@ijs2035]

I felt like I was watching a TV doc

[@mr_leodavinci5380]

Man i remember all this. I was in highschool at the time. And all i did was game. I was getting withdrawals from not being able to play online

[@boah1668]

🤧

[@thyCarrot]

Here after they forced HD2 players on Steam to have a PSN account for "Security and Safety" reasons.

[@revolume]

September 11 2001 - original 9/11 April 4th 2011 - the 9/11 "Sony Edition"

[@zest5929]

4/4

[@Bruh-mr1nt]

@@zest5929 2+0+1+1=4 so 4/4/4

[@arkhamknight2506]

Doesn't even make sense

[@pleaseboi3410]

I'm so confused

[@aaronsasmr891]

Tf yall on

[@GameStrikerX2]

I know it was 6 months ago, but respect to you using the song Sunset Bridge from Persona 5

[@Scie]

Striker - Austin I know right. It is so good hearing that

[@ad_stayfly7]

I’m here from the Xbox 360 vs. PS3 video. These videos are great to me. Don’t stop doing these. I appreciate your hard work and researching s big salute to you man!

[@HACHIAttack]

To those IT and Computer Technicians there who worked hard and sacrificial Overtimes to put back the PSN to it's original and improved form, thank you very much. :)

[@JustCauseFan]

If there is a will, then you can do it Sony isn‘t fully responsible for it I mean even CIA got hacked

[@LiEnby]

ESPECIALLY if you decide its a great idea to piss off all the hackers on your network by removing the ability to run linux then going after anyone who trys to enable that feature again xD

[@argonauts56au1kera6]

@Lord_of_Lords of course it’s not Sony’s fault for not allowing Linux and pissing off hackers which gave hackers a motive to hack the PSN.

[@argonauts56au1kera6]

And hey I don’t hate Sony, they make good products and services.

[@jakeblack2487]

"Sony isn‘t fully responsible for it". Umm yes they were? The way the hackers got in were by exploiting KNOWN vulnerabilities. This means that Sony knew about these vulnerabilities BEFORE the hacker exploited them. Why didn't Sony patch these issues in the first place?

[@reallybadgamer_3926]

@@jakeblack2487 yea cause they just told the hackers "Hey go fuck up 77 MILLON people's lives" Like tf to hell with you.

[@TheImpostare]

Shocked to hear the name "Socom(2)" on a 2019 video. That game is where it all started for me on the ps2. God i miss those days/nights.

[@daxexter2754]

Yeah what happend with Socom. Played it and it was so much fun why isnt there series coming back?

[@waynesalter3383]

@@daxexter2754 ikr? I grew up playing that

[@alvinreyes2289]

Just a thought, but it seems to me that the PS3-Vita era (About years: 2006-2012) were PlayStation's darkest years. PS3 having a rough start, Vita failed in sales, and the PSN Hack.

[@whangggggg]

True tho

[@LiEnby]

What? The vitas PSN functionality was amazing ..

[@whatthefrack1220]

I swear, Mystic is like the “Scott the woz” for PlayStation fans. I love your videos and how much love and work you put into these videos, keep up the good work Mystic

[@Lag1422-]

NCRanger 101 fax

[@smlfan0072]

I remember this. My dad was like “what the fuck”

[@joalexis6015]

If you remember the video whiteboy7st did on this you’re a legend

[@nisms5048]

ひJoalexis lmao if you even remember whiteboy you’ve hit it.

[@arielcontreras652]

Broo I remember that 😂

[@ninjaman3447]

ひJoalexis omggggg😂😂😂😂

[@chinlsx2077]

Nisms ahhh yes kaniff kaniff and his chapadero

[@icehotel2809]

Yep.

[@FunkyStudios]

We're doing a sequel We're back by popular demand Come on everybody, strike up the band!