If Sony does not officially communicate the reasons for the failure that paralyzes the PlayStation Network randomly for a few days, the reason could finally be known. Although the information remains to be verified, a hacker claims via his Twitter account to be at the origin of the failure that paralyzes the online service of the Japanese firm.
He does not say whether he has simply carried out a DDos type attack to paralyze Sony's servers or if, more importantly, he managed to infiltrate the security set up and was able to steal the personal information of some players.
The hacker does not seem to have specific after Sony, because he also claims recent attacks against Netflix and was part of the group of hackers who managed to undermine Steam late last year. So there is a good chance that his words are not just boastful and that we are the culprit of the PSN breakdown