Sony Clarifies: They Didn’t Understand Scope of PSN Breach Until Yesterday

Amidst the recent Playstation Network debacle, and the then recently announced identity theft issues, many Sony and PSN fans have been up in arms over quite a few issues – and rightfully so!

An official post on the Playstation Blog explains what actually happened with the “intrusion”, and why the public was left in the dark for so long:

There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was an intrusion and when we learned of consumers’ data being compromised. We learned there was an intrusion 19th April and subsequently shut the services down. We then brought in outside experts to help us learn how the intrusion occurred and to conduct an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident. It was necessary to conduct several days of forensic analysis, and it took our experts until yesterday to understand the scope of the breach. We then shared that information with our consumers and announced it publicly yesterday evening.

Not only is the PSN intrusion and subsequent loss of confidential information angering fans, but politicians are also getting involved, with US Senator Richard Blumenthal publicly questioning Sony’s incompetency and failure to “immediately notify affected customers of the breach and to extend adequate financial data security protections”.  Maybe this clarification will help ease the Senator’s mind.

Sony has also released a set of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ in regards to the network downtime. Click here to check it out.

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