Senator presses Sony on security breach

Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, sent a letter to Sony on Tuesday requesting explanation about the PlayStation Network security breach last month. The PlayStation Network has been taken offline, followed by the company's acknowledgement for a data breach.

According to Sony, the problem concerned its Sony Online Entertainment servers, that stored information about 24.6 million customer accounts and 12,700 credit and debit card numbers. It is supposed that hackers were attempting to steal credit card numbers, however Sony claims it has no evidence that such data was stolen.

"I am deeply concerned about the egregious inadequacy of Sony's efforts thus far to notify its customers of these breaches or to provide adequate protections for users whose personal and financial information may have been compromised," Senator Blumenthal wrote in the letter. "Sony's failure to adequately warn its customers about serious security risks is simply unconscionable and unacceptable."

However, Sony has refused to testify to Congress over the PSN case so far.

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