U.S. Senator Blasts Sony for Keeping Breach Secret

[Actual]

Interestingly, we still haven't been told. It's been announced but the only reason I know that my credit card number is known by random people is that I saw it on the Escapist.

Shouldn't maybe someone have let me know? Or my bank, they have the card number so they know which bank issued it, should they let the bank know that they've given my card details to a fraudster?

I'm actually not that annoyed, while I wish they'd been honest about it from the start i know that security breaches can happen to any company and this fact won't detract from the quality of the games/consoles they produce. I will be a little cautious about PSN purchases in future though.

 

[Jumplion]

No surprise there, Sony is absolutely terrible at keeping their consumers updated and communicating with them (and this is coming from a Sony "fanboy")

I wouldn't be as ticked off as I am now if Sony just got their act together and kept us informed all the way through. All they've given us is "We are working as hard as we can" "We are working day and night" "We will keep you posted for any updates" yadda yadda yadda. For fucks sake, Sony, even if you don't know what the fuck's going on at least tell us that.

Fine, PSN shutting down for a bit is not the end of the world. But people's information is (allegedly, as I have no idea what's going on) compromised. That should not be taken lightly and the consumer must be informed about that as soon as it occurs, even if it's only 10 people's information lost.

 

[jpoon]

Yeah, I've definitely decided to never use my credit card again on PSN. They done fucked that one up permanently. Looks like I'll have to use those damn pain-in-the-ass cards if I need something on there. Another pain to have to cancel a card and wait for the new one to show up...
Crap! =/

 

[Tdc2182]

I was actually thinking of buying the next playstation console over the next xbox one. After all of this, however, Im not so certain that that would be a good idea.

As a guy who doesn't especially care about console wars (I own 360), why switch?

The bad thing has happened. It's doubtful it will happen again.

Microsoft is most likely next to the chopping board.

 

[FWL_MeRc]

This makes me chuckle. Seriously, This is a massive failure on the part of Sony. Being hacked, and having all account details stolen (and possibly credit cards)

Their attitude towards the PSN has always been "Meh don't care give us money, kkthxbai" Microsoft at least monitors itself. Albeit I disagree with how they handle that for different reasons.

But your information how safe is it in the hands of these people?. The big boys you'd expect they do the right thing and keep it safe and they are legally required to do so in the EU. Now of course, shit happens, but a week? Did it really take them a week to come forward gather details on what was taken?

Either way it raises some very serious questions.

And if my details were stolen sony. You better pay up. Signed up for one stinking game.

 

[RaikuFA]

Watch out Sony, This guy took on the WWE last year and won. Now he's coming for you.

for what?

BTW will the hacker ever be caught?

 

[NinjaTigerXIII]

Senator Blumenthal, you just became my favorite senator EVER! And when this whole thing is over I am 100% taking my credit card information off of the PSN and getting a new card, my one question besides when can we lynch the hacker or hackers who did this is what Sony is going to do to make this up to us, their consumers. We put our information in their hands and they lost it, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT SONY!?!?!?!

EDIT: To all the people with xbox's laughing and being thankful, think about this. What's stopping the hackers from doing this to X-box live or Steam?

 

[pliskin11]

something similar happened at ohio state university; a lot of personal information had been (possibly) stolen, and all my friends, alumni, and even osu employees received letters offering credit insurance and notifications at the expense of the university. I think sony should do the same.

 

[tkioz]

No, Sony should be punished, and the good Senator has it right. It doesn't matter that the credit cards have been stolen, that's annoying, and yeah dealing with CC companies about false charges will be a pain, but that's not the real issue, with the info stolen what the major problem could/will be is the identity theft that comes along with it.

Do you know how much of a nightmare having your identity stolen is? I know people who've tried for years to reclaim their own names and still haven't managed it.

Big companies need to be wacked with huge freaking sticks for letting this shit happen. Not wrapped on the knuckles and told "it will be alright deary"

 

[theultimateend]

Both Chase and Impulse have lost my account information in the last 3 years. (edit: Had written 2 just noticed it is 2011 now >_>...where the hell did the time go)

This is just becoming standard practice to me. I'm not the least bit upset about it frankly.

The impulse side of that temporarily cost me 5 grand until I sicked chase on them.
To have Chase send me a letter a year later telling me my information was leaked was extra funny since they worked so hard to punish impulse for the previous incident.

I'll probably still buy stuff on the psn and move on with my life . Bigger problems in the world than some dumbass getting CC info. Most CC companies will go balls deep to get that money back if its used fraudulently.

 

[Lunar Templar]

:/ ya know, the Sen. has a point, if they knew persona info was potentially stolen they shoulda have told us, the day it hit the fan, so every one could act accordingly, good job sony -.-

 

[Gaming King]

I hope to God they destroy everything and start PlayStation Network over from scratch. I don't trust these people with my data anymore. Haven't for a while now. I want it gone.

 

[RaikuFA]

apparently sony can refuse to do anything about due to the T&C

 

[puffenstuff]

This kind of fast reaction makes me wonder if the good Senator is a PS gamer..?

My money is on "a Senator who already despises video games and wants to take down any and all form of it, even if it means siding with butt-hurt gamers to garner attention and possible votes".

Wow! That's quite the demand! I agree with the article, where was this furor when more serious matters occur? Also, I've never even heard of this Senator, let alone understand why THIS issue is so important to him.

Ah, finally. When I saw this hit CBS, I know the not so technologically minded senators would jump in. I do admire the protection of the people, and I do think that Sony should give us better explanations. But I'm still waiting of that Paul Harvey voice to come in and say "And now, for the Rest of the Story." This isn't finished for sure.
Also, only a Democrat would vouch for the gamers. Plus one my vote towards their party.

You guys should check out the man's <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Blumenthal#Attorney_General_career>Wikipedia page. He makes a habit of standing up for the little people, and Sony isn't the first Software giant he's thrown down with.

Huh... I guess it goes to show that we should do a little research before jumping to conclusions. Politicians: they are not all bad, not all of them.

As for Sony, they need to take full financial responsibility for this or the government should make them. The only way we can have any faith in the security of our information is if the companies that store it have a vested interest in keeping it safe. If they can just say "a customer information leak will be a PR nightmare but that's it" they will not devote sufficient resources to protecting the data. If they know that an information leak like this could cost them billions they will take appropriate measures.