Sony Suffers Yet More Security Breaches

Oldcynic writes "As Sony struggles to restore the Playstation Network we receive news today of another breach, this time at Sony Ericsson in Canada. 'Sony Corp. spokesman Atsuo Omagari said Wednesday that names, email and encrypted passwords may have been stolen from the Sony Ericsson Canada website, but no credit card information was taken.' Another group managed to penetrate Sony Entertainment Japan yesterday as well. I almost feel bad for them.

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Re:Was it really worth it, Sony?

[_Sprocket_]

...admitting guilt to something that, before the DMCA, wouldn't even be considered a crime...

There are indeed many things in life that were not illegal until they were.

That is actually a fundamental concept in law - whether one has inherent rights and law adds restrictions or whether one's rights are expressly granted by law.

Re:Plain text passwords....

[Anonymous Coward]

Also from TFA, it says the passwords were "encrypted". What wasn't in TFA is the phrase "plain text" - that part YOU added. Way to get worked up over something that you formulated.

Re:Was it really worth it, Sony?

[cpu6502]

>>>>>If someone could resurrect the innovative Sony of the mid-to-late '70s
>>
>>Sony has always just been the 'reliable brandname' on equipment from a company big and powerful enough to roll in the innovations that other entities have pioneered in.

I believe you're mistaken.
Sony is the company that invented videocassettes (Umatic and Betamax). Sony is the company that invented Betacam. The 3.5 inch floppy. The Compact Disc. Rewritable magneto-optical discs. THAT'S the company the grandparent poster was talking about when he said "innovative".