Sony chief Howard Stringer has warned he can no longer guarantee the security of the electronics giant's gaming network in the "bad new world" of cybercrime after one of the biggest Internet data breaches.
The company has bolstered security but Stringer, speaking for the first time on the crisis Tuesday, said protecting private information was a "never-ending process" and he did not know if anyone could be "100 percent secure".
The company has said it cannot rule out that millions of credit card numbers may have been compromised. The breach is a huge blow for Sony as it focuses on pushing content such as games and music through hardware platforms including game consoles, smartphones and tablet computers amid competition from Apple's iTunes and App Store.
Stringer hit back at politicians and Internet privacy advocates who said Sony should have alerted subscribers to the threat of a possible data theft sooner.
He said Sony did not know conclusively until April 25 that personal information had been accessed and added that said talking publicly about the company's suspicions before gathering evidence would have been "irresponsible".
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