Sony Pictures Hacked, Over 1 Million Accounts Stolen

[Icyedge]

slowmo said:

S____M____C____C said:

1) It will die down. It always does. 

2) Sony have many, many websites. Don't you think it is unreasonable for them to update the security on all of them in such a short space of time?

3) Consumers are being harmed here, just as much as Sony are. Not being able to play online for a month, and developers losing vital revenue that could be needed for future games.

Yes, Sony did have poor security across all its networks. We've all learnt that. With each hack, we don't exactly learn that anymore. We get the point, the security was crap, now they are fixing it. They will fix, believe you me. And once the 'coolness' of hacking Sony dies away, we will be left with a platform with a secure network.

 

How is the land of make believe?

His post seemed pretty neutral to me

Number 1 he says that "It will die down. It always does. ", this is particularly true with consumers these days. This doesnt egual to "it doesnt matter if Sony was negligent" though.

Number 2 you cannot upgrade everything at the same time, thats true, particularly if you want it done well and in a coherent way. It could be countered with the argument that they should take down their server until they are though. Both option seems debatable to me.

Number 3 since it hurts their consumers as well as Sony image, its logical to assume they will fix their security issues. It cost a lot less to upgrade the security then to leave it like that, particularly considering they cannot use the "we didnt know" excuse anymore.