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Sony’s deputy president, Kaz Hirai, has stated that the PSN hack is symptomatic of a wider hacking culture and is a threat to the ‘very fabric of society’.
Speaking to The Guardian, Hirai said: “In the past week several companies and organisations also got hacked as well. I think there are reports that the FBI got hacked. So this isn’t something that is a Microsoft issue or a Sony issue or limited to one or two companies. This is actually a lot bigger than that. It’s large enough to the extent that we’re talking about any and all companies, organisations and entities that deal in the online space – which is pretty much everyone at this stage, isn’t it?”
Hirai seemed to be deflecting attention from Sony’s potential vulnerability, describing hacking as a threat to the “very fabric of society” rather than to specific companies or corporations.
When quizzed on whether PSN would have been hacked if it operated as a more closed system like Xbox LIVE, Hirai responded: “I don’t profess to know the whole system of Xbox LIVE … Maybe you have more information about their architecture than I do.”
Services are said to be back up to about 90% in terms of activity on the networks, following the hack back in April.
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