“Millions of Consumers are Twisting in the Wind:” Sony Declines to Testify at Congressional Hearing ?
Theft Protection No Comments »Its a pretty big deal when Congress calls you up to testify at a hearing especially when its regarding something bad you did. Most companies drop everything they are doing, increase their lobbyists monthly retainers, craft talking points and prepare for the PR assault that is coming. Oh and hope that the members of Congress are gentle on them. Or, well, if you are Sony Corporation, you can simply decline the invitation.
This is precisely what will happen when Sony does not show up for a House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade hearing tomorrow about the threat of data breaches after hackers stole personal information from 77 million Sony PlayStation Network accounts. Wait, so the hearing is actually about Sonyso this is essentially a party is being thrown and the guest of honor refuses to show up? At least the folks at Sony were kind enough to provide answers written questions from the subcommittee on the data breach.
And, some members of Congress are a pretty miffed about Sony declining to testify. Ken Johnson, a spokesman for Chairwoman Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., had this to say: Despite this, millions of consumers are twisting in the wind, so we are determined to get some answers for them.
Yes, millions of people are twisting in the wind. 102 million to be precise. Sony just announced that 25 million more people may have been impacted by the breach. Yikes.
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