In what might be the most baffling statement out of the company since Ken Kutaragi was forced into a sound-proofed retirement pod, Sony’s Tim Schaaf has described the PSN hack as a “great experience, really good time”.
“Though I wouldn’t like to do it again,” he tells VentureBeat.
Schaaf says that the disaster management and PR was more important than securing the network against intrusion in the first place, explaining that, “A determined hacker will get you, the question is how you build your life so you’re able to cope with those things.”
For those of you who’ve only recently arrived from outer space, the security breach compromised 77 million user accounts, and resulted in the entire PlayStation Network going offline for 23 days during April and May.
Sony has subsequently been criticised for storing users’ personal data in unencrypted text files, as well as taking over a week to confirm what was actually going on. The investigation is ongoing.
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