Sony will not be allowed to restart its halted online game services in Japan until it provides further information on what measures it has taken since an earlier hacking incident, a Japanese regulatory official said Sunday. A Japanese government official said the country has not yet allowed Sony to launch PlayStation Network within its borders because of concerns over the security of the service.
"We met with Sony on May 6 and 13, and basically we want two things from them," Kazushige Nobutani, director of the Media and Content Industry department at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, told Dow Jones Newswires.
He listed two areas where it requires further explanation before approval will be given following the incidents regarding its PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment videogame services.
"The first is preventative measures. As of May 13, Sony was incomplete in exercising measures that they said they will do on the May 1 press conference," he said, adding that he could not provide details on the outstanding issues for security reasons.
The second was in how Sony hoped to regain consumer confidence over personal data such as credit card information.
Sony began a limited and phased restoration of the services Saturday, bringing the company a step closer to normalcy following an attack on its systems that compromised personal information for more than 100 million user accounts last month. It said that it would begin bringing its PlayStation Network back online in the Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East.
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Maybe a bit harsh, considering the fact that I was finally able to play online after over a month of waiting over here in Europe...
Dang, it makes you wonder exactly how insecure the psn was.
goof for japan, sony doesnt need to start up again before their software is fixed and upgraded
Playstation was really insecure. :/
sounds hard poor japanese
lol, first the tsunami/'quake and now this. Can it get any worse for those guys?
i feel bad for the Japanese gamers
haha all the Japan Gamers must go crazy
more drama
Wow, that's kind of unexpected for the Japanese government.
didn't they like... make it
Finally how long was it down for?
Oh Japan, you so picky. I can see what they're going for though. I'd probably like to know what did this before bringing it back.
Wow, a government that actually wants the business to be accountable and provide something concrete? Can we get them to govern us in the USA?
i cant believe how they care about that after a nuclear meltdown nearly rayed most of the inhabitants of tokio
PS3 HAZ NO NETWORK( AND GAMES)
Wow, chill out Xbox fags... You can really tell who the fanboys are.
wow thats nonsense!
Ha! The suckage continues for Sony.
Wow they are serious. Good thing I can finally play Brink online
Is there never an end to this?
That's probably a good call. I know the gamers are pissed, though.
poor japan. for gamers this must be worse than godzilla attacking tokyo
Well someone who hack PSN must be very happy
Ahah, i can't imagine the face of the shareholders :D
The Japanese govt. wants to make sure Sony isn't going to make the same mistakes.
ouch that sux for them
japan bro's, give the gamers their medicine
Sorry Sony, you are just screw up!
Ugh Japan, its not that serious...
does anyone know if they got it back?
Wow, Sony being blocked in its native country... pretty harsh.
Japan just wants more free stuff from Sony!
Haha. That's funny. "We know you're busy, but.. you're not allowed to do that..."
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