Sony Online Entertainment brought its PlayStation Network back online in parts of Europe and the U.S. Saturday following a three-week outage resulting from the hacking of the network by unknown individuals, the company said in a blog post.
The restoration of PSN service requires a firmware update on PS3 consoles and requires users to change their passwords. Sony is also offering customers free enrollment in identity theft protection programs in countries where they are available, the company said.
"Thank you for your patience and encouragement over the last few weeks," wrote Patrick Seybold, Sony's senior director of corporate communications and social media, in a brief blog post announcing the resumption of PSN service.
Sony has begun the "phased restoration by region" of "some of the services" on PSN, Seybold wrote. Users can now update the firmware on their PS3 consoles, change their passwords and begin to use the network when it is brought online in their areas, he said.
"Please note that these services will take a bit of time to be turned on and rolled out to the whole country," Seybold wrote. "The process has begun and some states are being turned on now, so please be patient as we reach your city and state. It will take several hours to restore PSN throughout the entire country, so please keep checking back for the latest updates. In the meantime, now's a great time to get your PS3's firmware updated, which is required to get online."
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