Data-research firm tells Forbes price tag of PlayStation Network outage could be catastrophic; Sony offers FAQ, timeline as UK gov't readies enquiries.
Soon, the ongoing PlayStation Network outage will enter its eighth day. The past 24 hours of downtime have seen some dramatic developments, as yesterday Sony revealed that the "external intrusion" that prompted the crisis also resulted in PSN users' information being compromised. Since an estimated 77 million people have signed up for the service, the scope of the data leak is huge.
The PSN outage could prove extremely pricey for Sony.
Even larger could be the cost from the potential information theft. In an article today, Forbes cites data-security research firm The Ponemon Institute as estimating the "cost of a data breach involving a malicious or criminal act" was, on average, $318 per compromised account. Given the most recent PSN population estimate, that formula puts the potential cost as being over $24 billion
Source : PSN data leak cost could top $24 billion - Report - News at GameSpot
Soon, the ongoing PlayStation Network outage will enter its eighth day. The past 24 hours of downtime have seen some dramatic developments, as yesterday Sony revealed that the "external intrusion" that prompted the crisis also resulted in PSN users' information being compromised. Since an estimated 77 million people have signed up for the service, the scope of the data leak is huge.
The PSN outage could prove extremely pricey for Sony.
Even larger could be the cost from the potential information theft. In an article today, Forbes cites data-security research firm The Ponemon Institute as estimating the "cost of a data breach involving a malicious or criminal act" was, on average, $318 per compromised account. Given the most recent PSN population estimate, that formula puts the potential cost as being over $24 billion
Source : PSN data leak cost could top $24 billion - Report - News at GameSpot