Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) says Sony's response to the recent data breach and service disruption on PSN and other Sony networks "could serve as a model for other companies facing similar criminal hacking."
"While I continue to believe that Sony should have warned users earlier, I am pleased they are providing protective measures including an insurance policy to cover identity theft harms to consumers within a 12-month window -- but I would hope Sony would extend coverage over a longer time on a case-by-case basis if necessary," he continued.
The Senator also said Sony's network breach is part of the larger trend of cybercrime and "a reminder that our laws and data security resources must keep pace with advancing technology."
Sony said it needed that time to fully determine the extent of the data breach, and that releasing information prematurely "could cause confusion and lead [users] to take unnecessary actions if the information was not fully corroborated by forensic evidence."
I'm not to happy about my info getting mishandled but in retrospect they will have a stronger security and online businesses in a whole will learn from their mistake.
