Sony Corp has suspended its website pages it brought online to help retrieve the user accounts of millions of users which were affected by April's data theft incident. Sony claimed that it had found a "security hole" soon after bringing the website pages online. According to the spokesman of Sony, Dan Race, the company had soon discovered the security hole on its webpage which could have let the hackers, who had stolen the data previously, to use their stolen data and access the accounts of the users.
Image via WikipediaRace elaborated saying "If I had your email and your birth date I could have potentially got access to your account." Consequently, soon after making the site online on Wednesday, Sony took the PlayStation Network password reset page down tentatively. The Qriocity music recovery page also faced the same treatment. Race declared that as soon as they fix the problem, Sony will bring up those pages on the website.Sony had encountered one of the biggest cyber-attack and data theft in the history of internet. Sony had to immediately suspend its PlayStation Network worldwide, and it was not until now that it began restoring the service in phased manner beginning from the United States. Sony has yet to work out its efforts with the Japanese government for restoring the services in its native country.
Many analysts are of the opinion that Sony will still has to face many consequences and next few months will be very crucial for the rectification of raised concerns regarding security issues. Mark Harding, an analyst from Maxim Group stated that "This is one of the things that was probably overlooked and forgotten by Sony." While John Bumgarner, an Internet security researcher and former U.S. military veteran, also declared just last week that he has also witnessed several of flaws and loopholes. He claimed that these loopholes will make it very easier for the hackers recognize and exploit them. "The Sony network in general still isn't secure and still has security issues that could be exploited by hackers," told the chief technology officer for the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, Bumgarner.
Sony made it clear that no hacking took place this time and the web pages were taken down very timely. It claimed that PlayStation Network account holders still have the ability to change their passwords on their PlayStation consoles at home.
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