Evan Schuman's StorefrontBacktalk

Continuing with its Q&A: “Second, we are enhancing security and strengthening our network infrastructure. Moving forward, we are initiating several measures that will significantly enhance all aspects of PlayStation Network’s security and your personal data, including moving our network infrastructure and datacenter to a new, more secure location, which is already underway.”

Sony is moving its datacenter to a new building? That’s baffling but it’s actually more BS than baffling, given that they had planned to move to that new location long before the breach.

Next question: “Has Sony identified the party or parties responsible for the PlayStation Network hack and subsequent theft of personal information? A: We are currently conducting a thorough investigation of the situation and are working closely with a recognized technology security firm and law enforcement to find those responsible for this criminal act no matter where in the world they might be located.” Sony isn’t even identifying the security firm, other than to say that it’s recognized? It’s understandable to not reveal what security firm has been hired. But if you choose to not mention the firm’s name, you don’t get to boast about it. Besides, the best boast you could come up with is recognized?

By the way, in congressional testimony on Wednesday (May 4), Sony did a much better job of answering the question. When asked the same question, Kazuo Hirai (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC) answered: “No.”

Then there’s this: “Q: When will the PlayStation Network and Qriocity be back online? A: Our employees have been working day and night to restore operations as quickly as possible, and we expect to have some services up and running within a week from yesterday. However, we want to be very clear that we will only restore operations when we are confident that the network is secure.”

Sony wants to assure everyone—including the handful of people somewhere who have not been personally involved in the breach—that “we will only restore operations when we are confident that the network is secure.” Easy question: Guys, would you say that you were confident before that the network was secure?

Guess there’s a plus side to the breach number now hitting 100 million. With a global population of 4 billion, Sony’s brushing up against the physical limit of how bad this can get.