Sony subpoenaed by N.Y. Attorney General

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Makes sense -- they want to find out if this was the result of conscious negligence on Sony's part. E.g. if their engineers have already warned their managers about glaring security holes and were suppressed as often happens.
 
N.Y. seems to be the only jurisdiction left in America that cares about consumers. I'm surprised Sony wasn't offered a tax subsidy for their negligence.
 
[citation][nom]txsouthpaw[/nom]N.Y. seems to be the only jurisdiction left in America that cares about consumers. I'm surprised Sony wasn't offered a tax subsidy for their negligence.[/citation]

Not really, NY is extremely political and they very rarely let a high profile situation (good or bad) go to waste.
 
Should a customer that has used a credit card on any of soe's programs request a new card from their bank, or was it only those up til 07' that were stolen, those cards are probably outdated now anyways?
 
It has already been found that sony WAS using outdated server software on their web servers they also knew that said servers had problems to save money they did not update servers so the fact is they were responsible for what happened by not updating to a more secure version.

It all has to do with management decisions they have final say for spending money on server software updates even though they may deny it.
 
[citation][nom]DreamioN[/nom]Should a customer that has used a credit card on any of soe's programs request a new card from their bank, or was it only those up til 07' that were stolen, those cards are probably outdated now anyways?[/citation]
1st - Call Experian (the credit reporting agnecy) and just add a "Fraud Alert" they will contact the other credit reporting agencies and do the same for you. This will make it very difficult for someone to get credit in your name.
2nd - If you still have an use a card that you gave to Sony I would cancel it and order a new one. Personally I don't have to worry cause I lost that card a while back and had already ordered a new card so my old one they had on file is not valid.
3rd - If someone calls out of the blue that you don't know and they are asking for any information at all don't answer them, just hang up. Same with e-mails, if it's not from a friend or family member assume it's a phishing e-mail and throw it away.

Take these steps above and I promise you will have nothing to worry about.
 
[citation][nom]brianfulcher15[/nom]bets the govt. fines them for this, but we the citizens who got our id's stolen will not see a dime from the fine.[/citation]

Well, except you will through services provided, like the roads/general infrastructure/defence/fire dept/police. The government isn't a profit making organisation you know...

I'd hope that Sony is brought to account for their actions (or lack of) that allowed such a serious breach to happen at all.
 
I think it's more important to use government power to find out who did the hacking, and use funds to stop them, not SONY.
 
@kristoffe

good idea, waste the gov money to find a bunch of kids so Sony can sue them and then lock them up on the tax payers burden...... or fine Sony and make a lil cash for the gov

here's some news for you, locking up hackers arent going stop them, it only going to agro them, Anon and such likes are child play compared to the real hacker community, and this would all be a non issue had Sony hired a decent legit security hacker to test and harden their defenses as well as implement decent security protocols, but then Sony would have to spend money to secure your data and heavens knows we cant have Sony making less money now
 
@AgrovateThem, you just read like someone who wants to do something illegal and not get in trouble for it. 😉 And SONY never needs to worry about my data. FTW. You don't dismiss the hacker by stating it will happen anyway. I think the world can survive with one less hacker group, whatever the level.

So according to Agro, we shouldn't lock up criminals, it only aggrivates them, lolz. Sorry but I don't subscribe to the fear factor to allow people to do criminal activity. Cowards do.
 
I have to think Sony's non-open mentality hurt them here, especially considering they were using the open Apache webserver. Maybe they should have been using Microsoft IIS. That might have been more to their liking. "A webserver anyone can use without paying someone else for it? That's absurd! Imagine if just anyone could use BluRay or MemoryStick without paying us, it would be MADNESS!"
 
So is this AG planning on running for Governor or President? He found a great opportunity to get his name in the headlines. Outside of that, he really isn't doing anything useful at this time.
 
@kristoffe

nice, lets take what i wrote out of context shall we, the cost to the system of locking up these kids vs the pay off is not worth it, what good would locking up a bunch of kiddies, other then you enjoy paying for these kids meal and boarding through your taxes, and prison is a lottery, kids who go in can easily come out has hardened career criminals. These kids currently are just a marginal hassle to society, not even a threat.

what kind of thinking goes along the lines that if there were no hackers Sony would not need to secure my data, nearly always the effects of hacker groups can be negated with enough planning, and i believe your overplaying the effects of hacking, there is a greater risk from phishers and Trojans (perpetrated by a different class of criminals) then from hackers

i guess when we locked up all those thieves that theft suddenly stopped huh, reality check, if you want to solve the problem you better go to the root cause rather then the symptoms

if Sony were to be found of criminal negligence would you ask that they be thrown into prison too? or would you prefer to be more selective with your definition of criminals
 
[citation][nom]AgrovateThem2[/nom]@kristoffenice, lets take what i wrote out of context shall we, the cost to the system of locking up these kids vs the pay off is not worth it, what good would locking up a bunch of kiddies, other then you enjoy paying for these kids meal and boarding through your taxes, and prison is a lottery, kids who go in can easily come out has hardened career criminals. These kids currently are just a marginal hassle to society, not even a threat.what kind of thinking goes along the lines that if there were no hackers Sony would not need to secure my data, nearly always the effects of hacker groups can be negated with enough planning, and i believe your overplaying the effects of hacking, there is a greater risk from phishers and Trojans (perpetrated by a different class of criminals) then from hackersi guess when we locked up all those thieves that theft suddenly stopped huh, reality check, if you want to solve the problem you better go to the root cause rather then the symptomsif Sony were to be found of criminal negligence would you ask that they be thrown into prison too? or would you prefer to be more selective with your definition of criminals[/citation]

Reading both of your posts was a waste of time. Sony should be punished if it is found guilty for neglect.

Want to hear something ironic? It's probably more pointless to argue with you, than pursuing this case, according to you line of reasoning.
 
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