New Attorney General George Jepsen has pledged not to be in the public eye as much as his camera-chasing predecessor, fellow Democrat Richard Blumenthal, now a U.S. Senator.
But this is kind of funny…
Blumenthal over the past two days has been all over the data breach of Sony’s PlayStation Network while Jepsen’s office just a little while ago issued a statement.
Here’s some background on this national story.
Blumenthal’s office yesterday issued the kind of press release he used to send Connecticut reporters on almost a daily basis as attorney general ”demanding answers” from, in this case, Sony CEO Jack Tretton.
It really was just like old times. Here’s a snippet of the accompanying letter from Blumenthal to Tretton:
“A breach of such a widely used service immediately raises concerns of data privacy, identity theft, and other misuse of sensitive personal and financial data, such as names, email addresses, and credit and debit card information … I am concerned that PlayStation Network users’ personal and financial information may have been inappropriately accessed by a third party. Compounding this concern is the troubling lack of notification from Sony about the nature of the data breach.”
Blumenthal’s people e-mailed another press release this afternoon that let us all know in the title that he “continues to push Sony over PlayStation data breach.”
Two hours later Jepsen finally sent out a tough-talking press release of his own, stating he too has written Sony asking for more details about the extent of the breach, steps the company is taking to protect users and questioning if Sony promptly detected and alerted customers about the breach.
Perhaps Jepsen just has more to do than our new junior Senator…
The snark about “Jepsen having more to do than our Junior Senator”.
Frankly, as someone who is extremely intereste in privacy issues and who follows them very closely, I’m glad that Blumenthal is all over this. I’d expect him to be, as a member of the subcommittee he’s on. If he’s not, then who is? It’s a very serious breach and Sony’s handling of it was appalling. I hate to break it to you Liberty, but a lowering of your rates is going to be inconsequential to you if this results in identity theft, which there is a good chance that it could, given the data that was hacked. The financial costs and the hassle of resolving identity theft are huge.
Not sure what’s unfair, Sarah.
The post makes it clear Blumenthal’s on the ball. In fact yesterday he sent out a third press release calling for the Department of Justice to investigate the breach.
I think you’re being totally unfair to Blumenthal here. He’s actually doing his job. In case you missed it, he’s a member of the Senate Subcommittee (SC of Judiciary Committee) on Privacy, Technology and the Law, chaired by Sen Al Franken. http://www.insidegnss.com/node/2578
Message to Senator Blumenthal: You are in the U.S. Senate now. We have just had the S$P lower our rates. Do you think you could find something else better to do with your time, than second guess Mr. Jepsen?