Restoring PSN back up online, Sony’s answers to subcommittee

The last couple of weeks will be something that Sony will not want to remember in a hurry, all because hackers gained access to the PlayStation Network servers. Sony had no choice to take the service offline, and now all we want to know is when will they be restoring PSN back up online? Sony’s answers to subcommittee have now been published on their official PlayStation Blog, which is after the company has come under some harsh criticism.

PlayStation chief Kazuo Hirai told Congress in a letter that the company was a victim of a sophisticated attack. As part of the hack, a file was planted on the company's servers named "Anonymous" with the words "We Are Legion." He said the company understood the full scope of the attack by April 25, but could not rule out the compromising of credit card data.



They then followed this up by explaining how they had been the victim of a planned attack, which was planted on their “Anonymous” servers and was titled “We are Legion.” They then explained in detail what they did step by step, but at no time did they offer an explanation as to why it took them so long to inform PSN users about how serious the issue was.

Sony apparently feared releasing incomplete information on the attack, so it waited until April 26 -- a week after the actual hack -- to admit a data breach. If it would have been released earlier, it may have led to "confusion and [cause consumers] to take unnecessary actions," it argued.

The identity of those responsible is apparently now known to Sony, and the company told Congress that it was working with law enforcement and the FBI.

Is PSN down now getting beyond the joke, or is there more important things to worry about?