A widespread issue looks to have caused some PlayStation accounts to be suddenly suspended for no reason

A bunch of PlayStation users have reported having suddenly had their PSN accounts be ‘permanently suspended’ for no apparent reason over the past 24 hours or so.

Most of these seem to read something like: “This account is permanently suspended from PlayStation Network due to violations of the PlayStation Network Terms of Service and User Agreement”.

Given the mixture of newer and long-tenured PlayStation Network accounts that seem to be affected in such a condensed time frame, it certainly seems likely that the cause could be some kind of authentication issue or similar gremlin.