The Japanese Government Still Has Concerns over the Sony PSN Issue
Japanese officials are apparently insisting on extra caution with Sony because Sony is a Japanese company.
Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times: "Since Japanese companies do exceptionally well -- in terms of business -- within their own borders, I would think that a considerable amount of the data stolen was of Japanese customers," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times.
"So, the Japanese government has a right to be concerned -- especially without hard answers as to why this happened. But they appear to be more concerned than other countries, which still puzzles me," he added.
"Considering the nature of the attack, I think all consumers should be concerned about not only Sony, but about the potential for this to happen to other companies. Young consumers, especially in the United States, have very short attention spans and don't seem to pay attention until something really bad happens to them," said McGregor.
This comes after the breach of the Sony PSN that resulted in credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes) for about 12,700 non-U.S. customers that were in an "outdated" database from 2007, and about 10,700 direct debit records listing bank account numbers of customers in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain may have been stolen, the statement said.
Sony has since made considerable enhancements to the data security, including updating and adding advanced security technologies. Additional software monitoring and penetration and vulnerability testing has also been conducted. There will also be increased levels of encryption and additional firewalls.
Sony has added a variety of other measures to the network infrastructure, including an early-warning system for unusual activity patterns that could signal an attempt to compromise the network.
Sony said it had begun restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday, almost a month after a massive security breach of the network forced the company to shut it down.
Japanese officials are apparently insisting on extra caution with Sony because Sony is a Japanese company.
Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times: "Since Japanese companies do exceptionally well -- in terms of business -- within their own borders, I would think that a considerable amount of the data stolen was of Japanese customers," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times.
"So, the Japanese government has a right to be concerned -- especially without hard answers as to why this happened. But they appear to be more concerned than other countries, which still puzzles me," he added.
"Considering the nature of the attack, I think all consumers should be concerned about not only Sony, but about the potential for this to happen to other companies. Young consumers, especially in the United States, have very short attention spans and don't seem to pay attention until something really bad happens to them," said McGregor.
This comes after the breach of the Sony PSN that resulted in credit and debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes) for about 12,700 non-U.S. customers that were in an "outdated" database from 2007, and about 10,700 direct debit records listing bank account numbers of customers in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain may have been stolen, the statement said.
Sony has since made considerable enhancements to the data security, including updating and adding advanced security technologies. Additional software monitoring and penetration and vulnerability testing has also been conducted. There will also be increased levels of encryption and additional firewalls.
Sony has added a variety of other measures to the network infrastructure, including an early-warning system for unusual activity patterns that could signal an attempt to compromise the network.
Sony said it had begun restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday, almost a month after a massive security breach of the network forced the company to shut it down.
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