Image via CrunchBaseSony has finally made a decisive step and a definite stance regarding the return of its suspended PlayStation Network on this Tuesday; it said that it will completely bring back the PlayStation Network, to the normal working condition, in late May, 2011. The service was abruptly suspended after one of the largest security breach of this decade, having a major direct influence on the private data of even more than 100 million users.
Sony itself confessed that it has identified the compromising of personal data with 24.6 million of its user accounts, out of total, which were hacked in the attack. In elaboration, Personal data actually means everything from ones identity, name, birth, numbers, e-mail addresses, to even credit card numbers. In another statement the spokesmen of Sony, Satoshi Fukuoka, also added that there is likelihood that these details might be stolen from another 77 million PlayStation accounts. Even though he is asserting that Sony is not sure yet, or is informed from any source or reports, that this stolen data is being used illegally, however, one shall wonder, the hackers would not have stolen such large amount of data just to do nothing. Whereas, Fukuoaka also declared that the company has become intensely vigilant after the attack and has launched a full-scale inquiry and investigation regarding the incident. He, although, refused to answer any kind of questions which required the particulars or progress of this investigation taking place.
The Sony’s PlayStation network, which is kept suspended from over almost weeks now, an online network allowing the users to interact and compete each other in online gaming worldwide playing live. Furthermore, the network lets the players to keep their games update with timely upgrade sent from the developers along with download new games and other content from the market space.
Sony has also received major criticism from innumerable sources regarding the way it has handled the hack attack on the network. Many are complaining about that the company shall have notified its consumers well in advanced and it has been careless in this regard, as the news about the the breach was revealed on the 26th April, despite the company being known of some sort of unusual activity on the network since 19th April. Most majorly the U.S. lawyers filed a formal lawsuit against Sony just last month, charging it for showing negligence in protecting the personal data and not informing its users a timely manner.
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