Not long after PlayStation Network went down and Sony admitted the personal information of 77 million accounts was compromised, Congress came a knockin', requesting an executive to appear for questioning. Sony answered the congressional subcommittee's list of questions, but declined the invitation, citing the company's all-hands-on-deck response.
Next Tuesday, Sony will drop in.
The Atlantic reports Sony Network Entertainment president Tim Schaff will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
The subcommittee is investigating data breaches at Sony and Epsilon, and plans to introduce legislation to provide additional protections to consumers in "the next few weeks."
"Chairman [Bono Mack] firmly believes that the lessons learned from both the Sony and Epsilon experiences can be instructive and guide us as we develop comprehensive data protection legislation," said a subcommittee spokesperson.
Naturally, I'll be keeping a close eye on this.