Sony claims the perception of the PlayStation Network is improving despite accusations from Kaspersky
Sony seems to want to put the recent attacks and outage of the PlayStation Network behind them as Howard Stringer explained that the perception of the PlayStation Network was improving, "Our brand perception, you'll be happy to know, is clearly improving
again."
He went on to explain the priorities of the board and where the company wanted to go in the near future, citing growth and development as two of its major objectives.
"My foremost responsibility to the board and all of you is to further advance the transformation process, firmly establish Sony’s position as a global product, content and service leader in the networked digital era and ensure our continued development and
growth," Stringer added.
Stringer spoke these words at the Sony annual meeting in Tokyo, where ironically enough, he was replaced as the Company’s President and CEO and it was made public that he also took a pay cut. He also took the chance to apologize once again for the cyber
attacks and the resulting problems that came with it.
The two attacks crippled Sony’s servers and led to over 100 million users having their data compromised; both personal details and credit card information was reported to have been stolen.
The attack cost Sony over a $173-million in losses and increased the number of PlayStation 3 consoles that were traded in by 100% percent in under a week.
However, all that apologizing and assuring may have been more for publicity as not everyone is satisfied with the way Sony handled the situation.
Kaspersky Labs, the company behind the popular antivirus software Kaspersky, pointed the finger straight at Sony, claiming that it was company’s fault entirely.
Eugene Kaspersky, the head of Kaspersky Labs, was in a damning mood as he slated Sony for their part in the saga, "To me it seems that there are companies that pay a lot of attention to internet security and there are enterprises that don’t. Maybe in the
case of Sony they simply didn’t understand that their IT security issues would be very dangerous."
Sony were not the only corporation targeted during the attacks with other major developers and publishers also affected, the list included Nintendo, Gearbox and SEGA.
The group of hackers responsible for the attack were identified as LulzSec, who went on a month-long cyber rampage, creating havoc and chaos. The group has since ceased activities claiming that they were moving on to bigger things.
A recent Tweet suggested that the members of LulzSec were grouping up with another well known hacker team, Anonymous.
So while Sony attempt to get their image of trust and security back in the public’s eye and Kaspersky points fingers, one can be certain that these were not the last of the attacks and that corporations will need to improve their security.
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