Comments on: It’s Not Sony’s Fault

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:52:23 +0000

God…people need to grow up. There are MANY other factors we are NOT considering of why Sony was hacked. Sony, the large corporation, was founded by the Japanese. Much of Sony’s policy is under the Japanese…I might even go far to say there are culture barriers associated with this lack of urgency to tell everyone that their credit card information has been jacked. SONY should accept responsibility of admitting to the public they did not have good security for their customers. HOWEVER, what the hackers did were morally wrong. I don’t care if Sony is a greedy company not treating their customers right (as others would say), then don’t buy their products and services. It is never wrong for a hacker to steal private information to show a LACK of Sony security. I do feel my complete sympathy for Sony customers…but a much bigger issue needs to be addressed immediately. The hackers are the problem, and they are doing unspeakable crimes. I am quite concerned to see other individuals criticize Sony than the hackers. This may be ignorance at its finest…and people need to do more research before speaking. Gordon, you hit on the dot, Sony should just learn from their mistakes and progress forward. I am not saying that Sony is off the hook, but they must reform their security in a way that hackers cannot get in. I’m not a IT guy, but I am sure Sony could find very smart individuals that could supply infallible protection.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:31:37 +0000

Indeed, this could really damage Sony’s reputation in the gaming industry. It’s unlikely that people trust them when it comes to online gaming any more.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:30:50 +0000

LOL yep

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:30:26 +0000

It’s a tricky one because they didn’t expose the information willingly. I guess it all boils down to whether or not they were knowingly negligent or not.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:29:21 +0000

I suppose yes, it’s true, that compared to, say, Blizzard SOE really do look bad.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:28:38 +0000

Ah yeah PCI DSS… starting to hear that a lot now in my line of work as a web developer.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:27:51 +0000

Agreed. I do find it odd how people are blaming Sony for letting it happen rather than the hackers for doing it.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:27:18 +0000

Yeah, it’s the general disregard for our personal information that offends me more than their apparent lack of security measures.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:26:29 +0000

Indeed. I’m usually very cautious who I give my credit card details out to and I never use my debit card online. That’s far too risky

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:25:38 +0000

I don’t really feel any ill-will towards Sony because I know that these things happen in big corporations. It all boils down to the fact that some IT manager neglected to upgrade their software, not due to any grand conspiracy. Perhaps I’m too lenient