Also from Japan is the PlayStation Network is again accessible. Sony has, on July 4, the servers re-opened for Japanese traffic. In the homeland was the network for the longest time offline. In Europe and North America was the service on June 2, all restored.
Japanese owners of a PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable can go on the PlayStation Network. This can be from Japan also make use of multimedia service Qriocity and the Japanese again to make purchases in the PlayStation Store. The network is since July 4, online again in the homeland. The service was offline since 20 april, after a break-in on the servers where the data of over 70 million accounts, including more than 2 million credit card numbers were stolen.
The service was in Japan is significantly longer offline than in the rest of the world. The company knew the PSN in Europe, North America and large parts of Asia on June 2, again in the air to get. Hong kong followed on 14 June, South Korea on June 24. Sony has not indicated why the recovery in Japan lasted longer than in other countries. Sources in Japan suggest, however, that the group was refused permission by the Japanese government, which additional security measures demanded.