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Originally Posted by EatingPie
To put it simply, Sony did not dangle the info in front of hackers. There was no "here's the info!" They were targeted. Then the hackers had to search for the data. There's no "in the front seat vs. in the trunk" here (and in some places, trunks are more dangerous than the front seat because thieves know that is where to search!)
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I don't know the details, and am not getting into the security-vs-victim-blaming issue. I can say that, if a bank uses a cheap bike lock to chain its doors shut at night, and someone breaks it with a pair of wire-cutters, bank customers have a right to be upset if their accounts are scrambled. Even if they don't immediately lose money, if everyone's account numbers are changed for security purposes later, so all their auto-payments have to be re-set, that nuisance is the bank's fault for not having better locks.
I don't know how much security Sony was using; I know that when your business involves keeping someone else's assets, you've got a responsibility to provide reasonable security for those assets.
I am not geek enough to know if they provided "reasonable security;" if it matters, we have courts to figure out those kinds of issues.
(My thoughts: Sony's made several unethical and just annoying business decisions in the past, and shows no signs of having decided to stop making them. I don't blame people for not wanting to do business with them. Still, they make some excellent hardware, and I also don't blame people for putting up with the lousy ethics in order to get the nifty toys.)