Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Affected organization: Sony PlayStation Network
Affected country: Japan
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Islamic State
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Japan
Description: Sony admits that a DDoS attack impacted online services, Sony's PlayStation Network and the Sony Entertainment Network. Other affected services involve: Xbox Live, Blizzard's Battle.net, and Grinding Gear Games.