Yesterday the Sr. Director of Corporate Communications, Mr. Patrick Seybold posted an update on the official PlayStation Blog saying that the outages will continue and that Sony is rebuilding its system to “further strengthen our network infrastructure.” His statement can be read in full below:

“We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security. We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available.”

Sony admitted earlier that the PlayStation Network (PSN) has been shut down due to “An external intrusion”, but nothing more was clarified beyond that.

Here’s Sony’s statement on the issue:

“An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th.

Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.”

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By Brent Butler

Sony PlayStation Network