Some services on the PlayStation Network had been expected to return yesterday but PSN instead remains offline. Meanwhile SCEA Board of Directors Chairman Kaz Hirai has written a letter to Congress addressing the questions a subcommittee raised last week regarding the breach. Calling the move to shut down the "affected systems" an "almost unprecedented step," the letter reveals hacker group Anonymous -- which denied involvement with the attack more than a week ago -- might be to blame after all.
Hirai notes in his letter, addressed to both the chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, that the move to take PSN offline came at a "substantial cost" but it was made to ensure "all changes to strengthen security are completed." It waited to inform the public only until its "information was sufficiently confirmed" about the breach, a process that took time as it "is a highly complex process that takes time to carry out effectively. At the same time that the experienced attackers were carrying out their attack, they also attempted to destroy the evidence that would reveal their steps."
He said Sony has taken responsibility for the attack by offering customers free PlayStation Plus time in addition to the other aspects outlined in the "welcome back" program that was briefly detailed over the weekend.
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