Outage hits Playstation Network

Anonymous, the group which gained notoriety over Wikileaks-related attacks, has previously strongly criticised the Japan-based entertainment giant over its treatment of George Hotz, an American hacker who unlocked the games console’s closed operating system. Sony filed a lawsuit against the 21- year-old, arguing that his hack had allowed pirated games to be played on the machine. The case was dropped earlier this month after Mr Hotz agreed to sign an injunction banning him from similar behaviour in future.