[sdh]

FTA:

"The attack that stole the personal data of millions of Sony customers was launched separately, while the company was distracted protecting itself against the denial-of-service campaign, Sony said."

Wow. I didn't think they could do better than "most people don't know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" but I was wrong.

Sony Command: Quick! All security personnel are immediately ordered to drop what they're doing and guard against that DOS attack!

Sony Security: But Sir, won't that leave our user data "un-guarded"

Sony Command: We don't have time for that now, Soldier, now move Move MOVE!!