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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Looks like it was a rough weekend, more for Sony than Microsoft, though.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.chieftain.com/entertainment/3197076-120/sony-online-playstation-attack">http://www.chieftain.com/entertainment/3197076-120/sony-online-playstation-attack</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Outages-discussion [mailto:outages-discussion-bounces@outages.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Frank Bulk<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 26, 2014 3:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> outages-discussion@outages.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Outages-discussion] Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox service issues<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just in case you’re not already aware, Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox were having service issues on Christmas Day (Thursday).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some reports here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/12/26/playstation-xbox-us-hacked-xmas">http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/12/26/playstation-xbox-us-hacked-xmas</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/12/26/sony-playstationmicrosoftxboxhitbyapparentcyberattacks.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/12/26/sony-playstationmicrosoftxboxhitbyapparentcyberattacks.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Apparently Microsoft Xbox was resolved this morning, though Sony PlayStation’s network is still down.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Status checks here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status">http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://support.us.playstation.com/">https://support.us.playstation.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://downdetector.com/status/xbox-live">https://downdetector.com/status/xbox-live</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://downdetector.com/status/playstation-network">https://downdetector.com/status/playstation-network</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Frank<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>