danight
06-15-2011, 09:35 AM
There is a old saying. Every lie is about 50% truth. Sony finally answers to Japan about its history making data leak and the report they sent in, shows Sony actually tried to down play the event of what happened but also confuse their consumers to just how serious these events could be.
The company confirmed the data leak on April 25th, but Kaz Hirai says they didnt learn of the events until April 26. They also knew a large amount of data had been leaked from the start. Yet they waited to inform the customers.
One thing is for certain. Sony has some work to do on reestablishing their creditability to not only gamers but countries as well.
The report, submitted to the Japanese government and obtained under a freedom of information request, says that SCE was able to confirm internally on April 25 (American time) that a "fairly large amount of data" had been exposed to hackers. A press release issued the next day, however, only stated that Sony could not "rule out the possibility" that personal information had been compromised.
It's also claimed that PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai gave incorrect information in a statement issued on May 1, in which he said Sony didn't learn about the extent of the attack until April 26 (http://kotaku.com/5796027/sony-didnt-know-severity-of-ps3-breach-until-monday) (American time), a full day later than the company confirmed matters internally.
The official document also says that Sony delayed informing the public of the extent of the breach so as not to "bewilder" its customers
discrepancy combined with the gap between what Sony knew internally and what it told people publicly still raises the possibility - and this is why the Japanese government is looking into this - that, as Kyodo News puts it, Sony "deliberately attempted to downplay the seriousness of the situation by not fully disclosing information".
credit: http://kotaku.com/5812053/report-sony-knew-the-psn-leak-was-huge-it-just-waited-to-tell-you (http://kotaku.com/5812053/report-sony-knew-the-psn-leak-was-huge-it-just-waited-to-tell-you)
The company confirmed the data leak on April 25th, but Kaz Hirai says they didnt learn of the events until April 26. They also knew a large amount of data had been leaked from the start. Yet they waited to inform the customers.
One thing is for certain. Sony has some work to do on reestablishing their creditability to not only gamers but countries as well.
The report, submitted to the Japanese government and obtained under a freedom of information request, says that SCE was able to confirm internally on April 25 (American time) that a "fairly large amount of data" had been exposed to hackers. A press release issued the next day, however, only stated that Sony could not "rule out the possibility" that personal information had been compromised.
It's also claimed that PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai gave incorrect information in a statement issued on May 1, in which he said Sony didn't learn about the extent of the attack until April 26 (http://kotaku.com/5796027/sony-didnt-know-severity-of-ps3-breach-until-monday) (American time), a full day later than the company confirmed matters internally.
The official document also says that Sony delayed informing the public of the extent of the breach so as not to "bewilder" its customers
discrepancy combined with the gap between what Sony knew internally and what it told people publicly still raises the possibility - and this is why the Japanese government is looking into this - that, as Kyodo News puts it, Sony "deliberately attempted to downplay the seriousness of the situation by not fully disclosing information".
credit: http://kotaku.com/5812053/report-sony-knew-the-psn-leak-was-huge-it-just-waited-to-tell-you (http://kotaku.com/5812053/report-sony-knew-the-psn-leak-was-huge-it-just-waited-to-tell-you)