Here's an update for anyone in the dark as to what's happening:
The lizard squad attacks have been stopped by another having team called the Finest Squad. Visit lizardsquad.info as that site has been also hacked by finest squad in successful attempt to stop the lizards. They have also been in touch with law enforcement and have puckishly released much information on the personal identity of the lizards
Now to psn: psn was taken down earlier by the request of Sony executives until further notice for various "maintenance" to be performed. Psn is down because they want it to be as of right now; while they investigate, as they say.
Edit #1 (from psn):
[quote]no eta[/quote]
See full twitter post minutes ago here: http://i.imgur.com/dHeb8dK.jpg
https://mobile.twitter.com/AskPlayStation
Invect, shut it young lady
Update #2 (thanks to my friend LeCard): servers at Sony are being replaced, and will be back up as soon as they are, incrementally: http://gizmodo.com/xbox-live-and-psn-are-still-messed-up-after-attack-by-h-1675282716
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It Director here. Seriously doubt Sony is rebuilding anything. They are likely following their security response protocols, and scanning for any breaches. Remember, they literally just had the biggest data breach ever that I'm aware of. They are in full on lock down mode until they're certain this was just a ddos.