PS3 users have been left despairing as PSN reaches its fourth day out of action.

With no solid news about how long the network will be out, Sony originally claimed it was down for 'maintenance', but have announced on their Official Blog that they are totally rebuilding the system and 'decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security', implying that its down-time may have been the result of some outside help.

Now being reported as a global problem, the service first went down in the UK on Thursday. Sony have apologised and thanked fans for their patience, but after four days, patience is wearing thin. Users are particularly annoyed about their inability to access multiplayer games and third party paid-for services like Lovefilm.

"An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services," Sony said, "In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority."

Yikes! It's all a bit like that film Hackers, but without Jonny Lee Miller's fake American accent.

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