Sony has announced that its PlayStation Network, which was subject to a massive security breach back in April, is to be fully restored by the end of the week. The company’s Executive Deputy President, Kazuo Hirai (pictured right) explained in a statement:
We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of our commerce functions in order to bring the PlayStation Network completely back online so that our fans can again enjoy the first class entertainment experience they have come to love.
But love is the one thing Sony appears to be lacking right now. While I can’t presume to know what motivates anyone to hack a Sony website, I suspect that the company’s lawsuit against George Hotz didn’t help. Hotz is a 21 year-old American hacker who figured out how to jailbreak the PS3 and then posted it to his website. The subsequent legal action taken by Sony may have resulted in a lack of “moral capital” for the company, plus a pervading opinion in some circles that Sony deserves to be hacked.
That certainly appears to be the case because even now, because after multiple hacks on its web properties around the world hackers are still eyeing Sony as a potential target. The group responsible for the PBS hack this past weekend, Lulzsec, has stated on Twitter that that this is “the beginning of the end for Sony.”
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