PSN access has been restored to the US and many other countries across Europe. One of the remaining countries that has yet to have access to the PSN restored is the country where Sony, itself, is located. Japanese authorities have stopped Sony's attempt to turn the PSN back on in Japan because they believe security measures are "incomplete."
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"We met with Sony on 6th May and 13th, 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.
"The first is preventative measures. As of 13th May, Sony was incomplete in exercising measures that they said they will do on the 1st May press conference."
The preventative measures he was referring to remain a secret for security reasons. The second demand is said to pertain to Sony's plans to regain consumer confidence.
"There were similar cases in the past that were caused by other firms, and we are asking Sony whether their measures are good enough when compared to countermeasures taken in the past," Nobutani said.
There's no word on when the PSN will be restored in Japan. Do you think Japanese authorities are being overly cautious or was the PSN restored before it was ready?
Source: Fox Business and Eurogamer
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PASSDEVILDOGG
mabey thats why the store is not available. They need to get that back up and running ASAP want to play 1 player games **man** Tyred of playing the ones out right now hurry SONY great to have you back on line. need axses to my maps and other thangs at least make it available for the PSN PLUS members
**POWER TO THE PSN**
BigBadDogIV
that sux for them. i hope this doesnt make it take longer to get the psn store back up b/c i still cant play dc universe online on ps3 b/c i need the playstation store to be up so i can redeem the code on the instruction manual. (i bought it while psn was down)
T_Rexx
WOW..! I only wished that SONY gets the same amount of coverage on G4 as it relates to the positives. You guys are loving this aren't ya?
CamperHunter1
I don't play on the consoles, but I've heard some rumors about the network going down again already for some who've had their service restored already. Any more info on that?
catrachohn
hopefully it is ready and secure and not just a tactic to keep us gamers happy.
LurkerCreep
I removed my credit card info (the card was cancelled anyway) and there isn't a data field for your birthday in your profile any longer. Without credit card data, I don't see any reason to provide a correct address anymore. And to top it off, I placed a security freeze on all 3 of my credit files.
cardinalsfan1122
This was one of the things i was wondering about because when i looked at their map of where PSN was restored I was surprised that Japan was not lit up. But i think Japan is being a little over cautious i trust Sony, so if they say it's ready i believe them. Some people say that's foolish but they haven't let me down yet.
gamermoney
I think he's referring to the identity theft protection thing.
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