As Valve’s Portal 2 was just launched, many gamers were looking forward to this long weekend of Labor’s Day and try out Portal 2’s online co-op mode using Sony’s PSN, but were disappointed to wake up to yet another day of “server is currently down for maintenance” message.

The PlayStation blog is filled with reader comments like, “E[a]ster weekend is goin to suck completely,” and “I was really looking forward to playing some Portal 2 co-op, but I guess I’ll just finish up the single player campaign,” and “This is what happens when you like Steam and the Playstation Network together. Pretty obvious who’s behind this – GLaDOS.”

Sony’s PSN breach issue is causing a big ruckus all over the world. US, Canada, and England is already asking an open inquiry into the ongoing PlayStation Network outage and data leak, which could potentially lead to the theft of up to 77 million PSN users’ personal information.

Speculation is running rampant that hacker group Anonymous is actually continuing its attacks, but according to VGN365 Anonymous is not responsible for the PSN downtime everyone is currently experiencing.

Reuters reports that Sony has contacted the San Diego office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s cybercrimes unit to look into the data breach. The news service could not get public comment, but did cite unnamed sources as saying say the law enforcement body was investigating the matter.

The attack on PSN is not going to be easy to deluge away for Sony, as not only governments around the world are seeking inquiries, but even more hurdles are on the way. Earlier today, the first lawsuit over the matter was filed, with an Alabama man seeking class-action status on behalf of all PlayStation users whose accounts may have been compromised.

Due to the beef with Sony, Anonymous member Kato stated that the hacking group is currently preparing another attack against Sony, and it’ll be scheduled to happen when the PlayStation Network is back online. If Sony gets PSN running only to have it break down again right away from an Anonymous attack, consumer backlash could be huge.

SOURCE via Reuters