PSN Outage Changing the World — Updates for May 4th
Sony Hires Three Companies to Catch Hackers
Sony is not sleeping until they find the people who are behind the PSN hack job. To aid them in their search, they have hired two teams of private investigators, and a third team of consultants. Joining Sony in the hunt is Data Forte, a P.I. company led by a former special agent with the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Guidance Software, a data security firm specializing in corporate data protection software, and Protiviti, who specialize in audits, and is attempting to help Sony clean up after the event.
You Can Watch the US Government Discuss the Playstation Hack
A hearing has just kicked off in the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade to discuss the threat of the massive PSN breach. Sony was a asked to testify during the hearing, but they declined. If you are interested, you can watch the hearing stream live at C-Span.
Australian Government Changing Laws After PSN Attack
The Australian Government is looking to create new laws that would protect the rights of customers that have personal information digitally stored online. One and a half million Australian PSN accounts were compromised in the recent attack, and around 280,000 had attached credit card details. Australia’s new laws would institute severe penalties on companies that do not take all the steps required to protect user identities. According to a report from Kotaku, Sony may also be in violation of Australia’s federal Privacy Act laws by refusing “to provide an iron-clad guarantee that it destroys or permanently de-identifies users’ outdated personal information.”
Canadian Woman Pushes Class Action PSN Lawsuit
Natasha Maksimovic, a 21-year-old woman from Ontario, has moved forward with a class-action lawsuit against Sony for the recent breach. The suit asks for over a billion dollars in damages, calling for Sony to pay for user’s credit monitoring costs, fraud insurance and other expenses they incur as a result of the recent PSN security breach. Maksimovic, who simply signed up for the PSN in order to use her Sony ebook reader said, “If you can’t trust a huge multinational corporation like Sony to protect your private information, who can you trust?” You can read full details of the class-action suit at CBC.
Sony Being Questioned by U.S. Government About PSN Breach
Though Sony declined a request to testify in front of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, they are cooperating with the U.S. government by answering several questions the committee has regarding the recent PSN breach. Sony spoke with Kotaku about the breach, saying that they are providing responses to the committee’s questions far before the deadline given to them. Sony also said they couldn’t testify because all their time was taken up with the investigation of the attack.
DC Universe Subscribers Get Free Cowl
OK, so maybe this news headline isn’t actually changing the world, but it’s kind of cool. Subscribers to DC Universe Online who cannot play due to the Sony PSN outage, or the recent Sony Online Entertainment hack, will receive thirty days of free subscription credit, plus one free day extra for each day the service is unavailable. Players will also receive an in-game Batman mask item that they can use to customize their characters, but since every user will be receiving one, the intrinsic worth of the item is debatable.
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