Post: Sony Responds To Letter From House of Representatives
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05-05-2011, 01:48 AM
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A few days ago we reported that the US House of Representatives had written a letter to Sony in regards about the security breach of the PSN. Well, today Sony has responded. According to Sony, they followed four key principles in dealing with this cyber attack. Those four principles are:
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1.Act with care and caution.
2.Provide relevant information to the public when it has been verified.
3.Take responsibility for our obligations to our customers.
4.Work with law enforcement authorities.
2.Provide relevant information to the public when it has been verified.
3.Take responsibility for our obligations to our customers.
4.Work with law enforcement authorities.
What is more shocking is that Sony also informed the House of Representatives that the intruders had planted a file on the Sony Online Entertainment servers named “Anonymous” with the words “We are Legion.” So as we reported earlier, Sony now has started to point fingers at Anonymous. Even though just a few days ago, they reiterated that they do not think Anonymous is behind the security breach of the PSN. Furthermore, Sony informed that by April 25th, forensics team were able to confirm the personal data that was believed to have been taken, and could not rule out whether credit card information was accessed. As of today, the major credit card companies have not reported any fraudulent transactions that are from this cyber attack.
Summary of what was informed to the House:
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•Sony has been the victim of a very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated criminal cyber attack.
•We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named “Anonymous” with the words “We are Legion.”
•By April 25, forensic teams were able to confirm the scope of the personal data they believed had been taken, and could not rule out whether credit card information had been accessed. On April 26, we notified customers of those facts.
•As of today, the major credit card companies have not reported any fraudulent transactions that they believe are the direct result of this cyber attack.
•Protecting individuals’ personal data is the highestpriority and ensuring that the Internet can be made secure for commerce is also essential. Worldwide, countries and businesses will have to come together to ensure the safety of commerce over the Internet and find ways to combat cybercrime and cyber terrorism.
•We are taking a number of steps to prevent future breaches, including enhanced levels of data protection and encryption; enhanced ability to detect software intrusions, unauthorized access and unusual activity patterns; additional firewalls; establishment of a new data center in an undisclosed location with increased security; and the naming of a new Chief Information Security Officer.
•We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named “Anonymous” with the words “We are Legion.”
•By April 25, forensic teams were able to confirm the scope of the personal data they believed had been taken, and could not rule out whether credit card information had been accessed. On April 26, we notified customers of those facts.
•As of today, the major credit card companies have not reported any fraudulent transactions that they believe are the direct result of this cyber attack.
•Protecting individuals’ personal data is the highestpriority and ensuring that the Internet can be made secure for commerce is also essential. Worldwide, countries and businesses will have to come together to ensure the safety of commerce over the Internet and find ways to combat cybercrime and cyber terrorism.
•We are taking a number of steps to prevent future breaches, including enhanced levels of data protection and encryption; enhanced ability to detect software intrusions, unauthorized access and unusual activity patterns; additional firewalls; establishment of a new data center in an undisclosed location with increased security; and the naming of a new Chief Information Security Officer.
Sony also said that they let the House of Representative know about their “intent” to offer complimentary identity theft protection to US account holders. They also informed the House about the “Welcome Back” program in detail. More updates will be up as Sony works on getting the PSN restored.
If you would like to view Sony’s response to the House of Representatives’s 13 questions, click here. This is the full letter sent from Sony to respond to the House of Representative. The letter goes into more details about the 13 questions that was in the letter sent to Sony from the House of Representatives.
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