No it isn't. Sony were neglectful and they have to take responsibility for their lack of action. i don't think the people frantically checking their bank details care what Sony's "intentions" were. Nor will the media. Or the courts, if it comes to that.

But wait, Sony can do no wrong, n'est-ce pas?

When customer data is potentially released into the wild, it's the results that matter, "good intentions" be damned.

Oh dear, I thought after this post I thought those types of people wouldn't turn up but seems they have.

Valid points in the OP, I fail to see the hating .....

Like I said, Sony did a really good job with the hard stuff but failed miserably on the basic stuff.

It's great they went four years without being hacked but that's because people just assumed they did basic things that any semi-competent person would do.  Apparently this mishap was done by an incredibly easy and straightforward method, which is a good reason to be not-so-happy.  If they had to go through some horribly complicated unknown or new process, yes, it's annoying but not entirely their fault but when it's something any amateur could do, it's alright to be annoyed with Sony too.

really? wheres the proof, i didnt even know the court case started.

if your going to make assumptions atleast make reasonable and realistic ones or provide the evidence you have on the strength of their security.

every corporation can be hacked, it doesnt mean every single one is neglectful. Its just that the attacks have been focused on sony because geo hot failed and so did anonymous' little protest in sony stores.

Intentoin don't men absolutely jack shit. The end result is that Sony was not careful, now millions of people's information could be compromised.

Furthermore, I see that you are unable to follow a simple analogy so I will spell it out for you. Sony assumed that the PS3 will not be hacked and based its security system around that assumption. In this case the keys are hacked PS3s, the paper box is the PS3 security, and the door is the access to the PSN servers. THe only reason I made a mistake in my analogy is that I forgot to mention that inside my door, millions of people trusted me with their information and they assumed the door will not be broken into.

There's a reason why the hating happens.

See, some people live vicariously through their favourite games and consoles; sad but true. And, given the nature of the site, vgchartz attracts large numbers of such troubled individuals. To them, criticising their favourite game or console is like a personal insult, or an insult against their family. Even if the criticism is completely fair, there's going to be butthurt.

When people feel themselves get seriously riled up about this stuff, they should recognise that it's time to put the joypad down.

What part of the word "if" do you not understand? I was giving a hypothetical scenario.

Again these things happen to everyone, Live was unstable for 2 weeks and alot more important things have been down just as long for just as stupid reasons, annoyed yes I'm annoyed everyone is annoyed but calling them incompetent and failures or whatever just isn't being fair lol, and again as long as the secrurity updates work I won't have any more issues but right now I am annoyed but people are going way too far with the bashing 

millions of people also trust the bank wont be robbed....they still get robbed. is it the banks fault?

teehee PSN log is available: http://shockwavelounge.blogspot.com/2011/04/playstation-network-log-of-hacker.html

no need to blame geohot or any other hackers... we can only blame Sony now... Fake Virus Creator and Javascript injection... which.. anyone from anywhere can do...