Sony Finally Sending Someone to Testify Before Congress

Not long after PlayStation Network went down and Sony admitted the personal information of 77 million accounts was compromised, Congress came a knockin', requesting an executive to appear for questioning. Sony answered the congressional subcommittee's list of questions, but declined the invitation, citing the company's all-hands-on-deck response.

Next Tuesday, Sony will drop in.

The Atlantic reports Sony Network Entertainment president Tim Schaff will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

The subcommittee is investigating data breaches at Sony and Epsilon, and plans to introduce legislation to provide additional protections to consumers in "the next few weeks."

"Chairman [Bono Mack] firmly believes that the lessons learned from both the Sony and Epsilon experiences can be instructive and guide us as we develop comprehensive data protection legislation," said a subcommittee spokesperson.

Naturally, I'll be keeping a close eye on this.

Cool

At least shit isn't broke anymore.

the wheels of justice grind slowly but exceedingly fine.

I hope they are paying for the trip

should of sent Butler

I hope Sony turns it around and puts the system on trial.

They should send Kevin Butler

"resetting", Patrick.

when am i getting my free shit from sony?

Wait...  Tim Schaff?

Maybe it's because I'm tired, but I read it as though they were sending out Tim Schafer. My next thought was "Well, at least it will be humorous." 
 
I need more coffee.

why the hell is everyone after sony so hard.. .i really don't get it they did nothing wrong their servers were 100% fine and working. THEY GOT HACKED, A CRIME WAS COMMITTED AGAINST THEM... WHY are they at fault... sure they could have taken better precautions but i mean... HACKERS WILL FIND A WAY!! its the HACKERS that should be scorned. imo.

I hope Sony turns it around and puts the system on trial.

                Maybe it's because I'm tired, but I read it as though they were sending out Tim Schafer. My next thought was "Well, at least it will be humorous."  I need more coffee.
           

@louiedog said:

I hope Sony turns it around and puts the system on trial.

oh look, just another gov't hating tard.  This makes no sense and only makes you look like a complete incompetent moron.  I'm not saying the gov't is good, I'm not even saying they're competent.  Hell they're a bunch of fucking morons too.  But to say you hope sony turns it around is just downright fucking idiotic.  This is sony's shit and they need to answer for it.  Don't be a fucking twit about it because you may hate the gov't.  And what would Sony put them on trial for? allowing sony to be retarded morons?

@Norusdog said:

@louiedog said:

I hope Sony turns it around and puts the system on trial.

oh look, just another gov't hating tard.  This makes no sense and only makes you look like a complete incompetent moron.  I'm not saying the gov't is good, I'm not even saying they're competent.  Hell they're a bunch of fucking morons too.  But to say you hope sony turns it around is just downright fucking idiotic.  This is sony's shit and they need to answer for it.  Don't be a fucking twit about it because you may hate the gov't.  And what would Sony put them on trial for? allowing sony to be retarded morons?

I gather you like the words 'retarded' and 'moron'. Expand your vocabulary.

@PrivateIronTFU said:

@Norusdog said:

@louiedog said:

I hope Sony turns it around and puts the system on trial.

oh look, just another gov't hating tard.  This makes no sense and only makes you look like a complete incompetent moron.  I'm not saying the gov't is good, I'm not even saying they're competent.  Hell they're a bunch of fucking morons too.  But to say you hope sony turns it around is just downright fucking idiotic.  This is sony's shit and they need to answer for it.  Don't be a fucking twit about it because you may hate the gov't.  And what would Sony put them on trial for? allowing sony to be retarded morons?

I gather you like the words 'retarded' and 'moron'. Expand your vocabulary.

you bore me.   internet tough guy.

why the hell is everyone after sony so hard.. .i really don't get it they did nothing wrong their servers were 100% fine and working. THEY GOT HACKED, A CRIME WAS COMMITTED AGAINST THEM... WHY are they at fault... sure they could have taken better precautions but i mean... HACKERS WILL FIND A WAY!! its the HACKERS that should be scorned. imo.

Should've sent Kevin Butlet AND Nolan North. Or rather send a cutout of Nathan Drake and have Nolan North do voiceovers from under the desk.
 
it'll be the most charming day in Congressional history.

Should've sent Kevin Butlet AND Nolan North. Or rather send a cutout of Nathan Drake and have Nolan North do voiceovers from under the desk.  it'll be the most charming day in Congressional history.

@Frank_Mann: @mnzy: I don't think any of us are qualified to really speak on what security the "bank" really had in place.

@louiedog said:

I hope Sony turns it around and puts the system on trial.

oh look, just another gov't hating tard.  This makes no sense and only makes you look like a complete incompetent moron.  I'm not saying the gov't is good, I'm not even saying they're competent.  Hell they're a bunch of fucking morons too.  But to say you hope sony turns it around is just downright fucking idiotic.  This is sony's shit and they need to answer for it.  Don't be a fucking twit about it because you may hate the gov't.  And what would Sony put them on trial for? allowing sony to be retarded morons?

@mnzy: From Sony's Q&A #1 on the subject: "The personal data table, which is a separate data set, was not encrypted, but was, of course, behind a very sophisticated security system that was breached in a malicious attack." 
 
So again, neither of us are qualified on whether or not that "very sophisticated security system" really was as "sophisticated" as they claim. Apparently it was "very."

I hope Sony turns it around and puts the system on trial.

For a second I thought they were sending Tim Schaffer.

Good.  We need some good, strong consumer protection laws in place now or online business is going to get tougher for everyone.
 
Server security isn't rocket science.  People out there know how to do it right.  If you're going to handle and RETAIN customer financial information you should have some minimal standard of security in place.  An unpatched Apache web server with no firewall does not cut it.

So they'll learn to be safer...that's the most simplified response I've heard yet.

Please tell me they sent Kratos

I bet a lot of people, including myself read that as "Tim Schafer"

I don't know why, but the tagline to this story made me laugh pretty hard.

Why should Sony have to answer to the government? They didn't breach a contract. At most, they violated the trust of millions of people. Guess what? That's not against the law.

@Baraka528: So if a bank gets robbed and they don't employ a guard  or more than a padlock on the vault it's just the robbers fault? The bank shouldn't have to answer to why they had no security, or minimal security at best, we just give them a pass and all those people who lost money are just shit out of luck? Also in this case the bank wouldn't be FDIC, so yeah, hooray negligence.   Edit: you beat me to it mzny.

@example1013 said:

Why should Sony have to answer to the government? They didn't breach a contract. At most, they violated the trust of millions of people. Guess what? That's not against the law.

I believe there's a number of circumstances where a company like Sony could be charged with some form of negligence which is against the law.  GB law dudes?
 

@ProfessorEss said:

@example1013 said:

Why should Sony have to answer to the government? They didn't breach a contract. At most, they violated the trust of millions of people. Guess what? That's not against the law.

I believe there's a number of circumstances where a company like Sony could be charged with some form of negligence which is against the law.  GB law dudes?
 

Criminal negligence is generally used in cases where people die. Did anyone die?

It's spelt "resetting"
 
"resetting" his PS3 password.
 
Yehaw!

They should send Kevin Butler.

At least shit isn't broke anymore.

@Little_Socrates said:

At least shit isn't broke anymore.

Unless you want to get on the PSN store.

They should send Kevin Butler

And as we speak, Sony is still getting hacked.

They should release a downloadable case for L.A. Noire about this. 
I would buy that.