US Congress sends Inquiry to Sony, PSN Security Breach - Polidicks

[quote=Joystiq]The list of organizations Sony's going to be answering to about the [URL="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/psn-outage-2011"]PlayStation Network security breach[/URL] is growing with alarming speed. The latest addition to the horde is the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, which [URL="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/house-of-representatives-letter-questions-sony-over-attack/"]sent a letter[/URL] to executive deputy president Kazuo Hirai yesterday with a number of inquiries about the nature of the breach, as well as the company's response to its consumers' collective exposure. The letter, which was penned by subcommittee chair and California representative Mary Bono Mack, imposes questions including why the company is unsure whether users' credit card info was taken, as well as what steps Sony's taking to prevent future breaches. We're assuming that the question of "When's the PSN coming back online, because some of us are trying to get some [URL="http://www.joystiq.com/game/portal-2"][I]Portal 2[/I][/URL] co-op Trophies over here," was omitted, as it was found to not be "governmenty" enough.[/quote] The Letter [media]http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/04/29/technology/bits-congresssony1/bits-congresssony1-blog480.jpg[/media] [URL]http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/30/congress-sends-inquiry-to-sony-about-psn-security-breach/[/URL] Sucks to be Kazuo Hirai right now.

Oh man, this is just great. All that arrogance just wound back up and slapped Sony right on the face. Then again, they're not the only ones hurt with this. Hopefully things get fixed quickly.

didn't see this coming back in January/Early Feb.

Don't get me wrong, it absolutely sucks that all that information was taken and I'd hate if it happened to me, but I can't help thinking every time more info on this pops up, "how does this affect Sony's showing at E3?" I mean, in some ways, this is a bit like Sony's Horizon Oil Spill - Shit just keeps getting worse, and no amount of words and presentations will ease the pain. If they're not at E3 because of this, I wouldn't be surprised.

[QUOTE=Links;29539356]Don't get me wrong, it absolutely sucks that all that information was taken and I'd hate if it happened to me, but I can't help thinking every time more info on this pops up, "how does this affect Sony's showing at E3?" I mean, in some ways, this is a bit like Sony's Horizon Oil Spill - Shit just keeps getting worse, and no amount of words and presentations will ease the pain. If they're not at E3 because of this, I wouldn't be surprised.[/QUOTE] Watch Kevin Butler show up at E3 and start throwing Benjamins at all the PS3 owners who got their information stolen.

Can't wait to see what happens when the guy responsible gets caught.

why is everyone mad at sony instead of the hacker lmao you tardasses [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Alt of perma'd user" - Orkel))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=mad_gay;29557338]why is everyone mad at sony instead of the hacker lmao you tardasses[/QUOTE] Best first post ever. You've managed to sum up how humanity has failed in one post.

[QUOTE=garrynohome;29557367]Best first post ever. You've managed to sum up how humanity has failed in one post.[/QUOTE] ty

[QUOTE=Sharker;29557274]Can't wait to see what happens when the guy responsible gets caught.[/QUOTE] IF he gets caught. Someone capable doing this is most likely a sneaky bastard

[QUOTE=mad_gay;29557466]ty[/QUOTE] you sure are a jerk

[QUOTE=Van-man;29557509]IF he gets caught. Someone capable doing this is most likely a sneaky bastard[/QUOTE] Transferring that much data leaves traces. Big traces. The more proxies the guy used, the longer it takes them to get closer to him. It's still entirely possible to track the guy down. Though, if he had any sense - for doing something like this he would have bought a laptop (cash) and sat near an unsecured network and done the job through that (Under a couple of proxies too) and then dumped the laptop after the jobs done.

His username is mad_gay. Don't take him seriously

[QUOTE=Links;29539356]Don't get me wrong, it absolutely sucks that all that information was taken and I'd hate if it happened to me, but I can't help thinking every time more info on this pops up, "how does this affect Sony's showing at E3?" I mean, in some ways, this is a bit like Sony's Horizon Oil Spill - Shit just keeps getting worse, and no amount of words and presentations will ease the pain. If they're not at E3 because of this, I wouldn't be surprised.[/QUOTE] They'd have to be retarded not to show up. As bad as this has all been, the only way they'll recover their monetary losses and PR image is to get themselves back out into the public eye in a positive light.

[QUOTE=Wiggles;29557904]They'd have to be retarded not to show up. As bad as this has all been, the only way they'll recover their monetary losses and PR image is to get themselves back out into the public eye in a positive light.[/QUOTE] So they're definitely bringing Kevin Butler then.

[QUOTE=deathstarboot;29557970]So they're definitely bringing Kevin Butler then.[/QUOTE] Why wouldn't they? Kevin Butler is fucking incredible.

[QUOTE=ifaux;29558517]Why wouldn't they? Kevin Butler is fucking incredible.[/QUOTE] Kevin Butler is a marketing gimmick more transparent than Lucas from the fucking Wizard. I can't see how you people could possibly have any sort of affection for him.

henry a waxman

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;29558653]Kevin Butler is a marketing gimmick more transparent than Lucas from the fucking Wizard. I can't see how you people could possibly have any sort of affection for him.[/QUOTE] Just cause it's a Commercial doesn't mean it can't be funny, well thought out and enjoyable.

I bet Gabe Newell is feeling silly. Finally decided to say he likes PS3 and then all of a sudden they have a huge fuck up.