Microsoft working with Sony and Nintendo to combat DDoS attacks
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that he’s been talking to Sony, Nintendo and other companies about keeping gaming networks stable in the face of DDoS attacks and other malicious activity.
Speaking to GameInformer, Spencer said nobody benefits when a rival network goes down.
“I don’t think it’s great when PSN goes down. It doesn’t help me,” he said.
“All it does is put the fear and distrust from any gamer that’s out there, so I look at all of us together as this is our collective opportunity to share what we can about what we’re learning and how things are growing.
“Those conversations happen, which I think is great.”
Spencer said Microsoft is committed to making sure Xbox Live is “robust and reliable” as well as secure, and thanked Xbox Live members for their patience during the holiday downtimes.
Game Informer also spoke to Sony president of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida regarding such attacks.
Yoshida said attacks against PlayStation Network “happen every day,” and that it’s a “constant battle.”
“We are always always working against these attacks,” he said. “Actually, an attack happens every day. Literally every day. Some days are bigger and some days smaller. Some days they devise new means, new ways – it’s like cat and mouse.
“We have a partner company we work with, and we always update the new ways the attacker might deploy, so it is a constant battle.”
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/03/06/microsoft-working-with-sony-and-nintendo-to-combat-ddos-attacks/
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KenjishuPosted:
About time its becoming so annoying now all these script kids taking down big companies
SakiPosted:
Radian Hackers IMO = "2-Bit scum of the earth that feed on making PC users lives hell for no good reason." DDOS attackers fall into that category.
I don't see how attacking console servers makes "PC users lives hell".
HovaPosted:
Sony could use some help with this, I think it's great that the three company's are working together on this, when one of the three gets shut down it affects gaming as a whole, it makes me glad to know that three large rival company's can work together to fix this problem, sadly the fan bases of the three company's cannot get along let alone help each other for some reason.
YinPosted:
It is good to see these three working together like this. It keeps up the competition and just the overall satisfaction of their customers. Very cool, and I really hope this helps.
RivalRogue02Posted:
this is a great to hear. imagine if they could work together and make one ultimate console and all of PSN, and XBL could play together or something. it would we cool. so the person who likes say PSN better could play with his friend on Xbox.
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