House Democrat Asks Sony About Data Breach, Requests Briefing
House Oversight Committee ranking member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., sent Sony Pictures Entertainment a letter Tuesday requesting information about what he called a “devastating cyber attack.” Cummings wants to know of all data breaches Sony has had over the past year…
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and the number of employees and former employees affected by the recent hack. He wants to know what the company has done since learning of the breach and any recommendations Sony may have for cybersecurity legislation. He wants a response by Jan. 23 and a briefing from a company official by Jan. 19. President Barack Obama called for cyber legislation after the breach (see 1412190045). Sony has made available notifications about protection services since the hack. Free State Foundation President Randolph May also addressed the hack in a Tuesday blog post, saying online piracy is a real problem. The debate over the failed Stop Online Piracy Act "should not now be invoked as a ghostly mantra in a way that is intended to impede what ought to be a collaborative search for the right answers to combat piracy of intellectual property," May said.