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The examination of Sony
The examination of Sony: performance, cyber-attack, and social responsibility
Nowadays, we are living in the growing society which is supporting by the stem - Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math, as in most things these days (Bloomberg 2013).
One of the Japanese multinational conglomerate “Sony Corporation”, according to their history “Sony” that is a small group of young people and the unlimited innovative ideas with their passion and energy (Sony History). It also be called “Head of Electronic” (Dina, Lo. 2005), most of various high quality innovative technology products are manufactured by “Sony”.
The old good days has gone. Some new technology firm, such as Apple or Samsung, which produce electronic device and revolutionized of running business and the entertainment sector. This essay will discuss how Sony implement the strategy to improve Sony’s performance and what Sony’s suffer after the cyber-attack by hackers and What it harm to their users and customers.

The case against Sony
Internet has become more and more important to our society. Wi-Fi also allow people going online everywhere and it is useful and helpful. Thousand and thousand data is transmitted through the internet, most important information and data are saved in computer. It is definitely, nobody can make sure the information and data in computer are saved safely and don't be stole.
In the mid-April of 2011, Sony had to shut down their Playstation Network, which people can purchase the games and connect with other game (TIME. Stephen, Gandel. 2011) and. One of the world’s largest technology companies could not even defense against the “Hackers” by stealing their customers information and data. Sony’s online service had been breached by hackers, lots of confidential customer data were leaked out (The economist, Tokyo. 2011).
The theft of data about 100 million users’ credit-card numbers were hacked. Hackers access the users around the world account information (TIME.



References: Bloomberg. 2013. TCS ' go IT Program Introduces Students in Midland, MI to the Excitement of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Fields. 12 Aug Dina, Lo Sony History. 2013. http://www.sony.com.hk/aboutsony/html/eng/profile/history.html. Accessed 3 Oct The economist, Tokyo The economist, Tokyo. 2005. “Special Report: An iconic, but deeply troubled, Japanese firm is putting its future in the hands of a foreigner” Mar 12. The economist, Tokyo. 2005. “Leaders: Sony 's new boss must demonstrate that content and electronics really can work together” Mar 12 TIME TIME. Doug, Aamoth. 2011 “New Sony Hack Claims Over a Million User Passwords.” 2 Jun BBC News BBC News. 2011. Hackers warn NHS over security. 9 Jun. BBC News. Matt, Danzico. 2011. Sony offers successor to PSP and hacking apology. 7 Jun BBC News TIME.  Jerry Brito. 2011. Who ARE These People? Sony Hack Reveals ‘Seinfeld’ as Most Popular Password. 8 Jun. TIME. Bill, Saporito. 2011. Hack Attack. 23 Jun TIME Kreyg. 2011. Bad News: Sony Has No Idea If Hackers Have Your Personal Info. Accessed Oct 2, http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2011/04/25/bad-news-sony-has-no-idea-if-hackers-have-your-personal-info/ Jason, Schreier Mustaza Mustafa. 2011. Sony: Bigger bad news. Accessed Oct 2, http://evanhugh.com/2011/05/25/sony-bigger-bad-news/ GamesRadarTylerWilde

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