UK and US governments look for answers over the PSN intrusion
Sony to be invesitgated by UK watchdog
The recent malicious intrusion on PSN and subsequent outrage has drawn government attention on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
In the US Senator Richard Blumenthal, a former US Attorney General, has written a letter
to Sony Computer Entertainment of America boss, Jack Tretton, chiding Sony for being so slow in notifying PSN users of the breach and loss of their personal information and demanding answers over the security of PSN users information.
Over in the UK, the government's Information Commissioner's Office has contacted Sony over the breach and will be investigating it in order to to decide what action the British government should take on behalf of the 3 million UK PSN users.
The watchdog office stated that it "takes data protection breaches extremely seriously. Any business or organization that is processing personal information in the U.K. must ensure they comply with the law, including the need to keep data secure. We have recently been informed of an incident which appears to involve Sony. We are contacting Sony and will be making further inquiries to establish the precise nature of the incident before deciding what action, if any, needs to be taken by this office."
This means that Sony could potentially face charges of breaching the Data Protection Act which could prove very costly indeed. One data security research company, The Poneman Institute, told Forbes that it estimates that the breach could cost Sony as over 24 billion USD.
Thanks IndustryGamers.
