What's worse ... the fact they used the technology for a seemingly petty crime .... ... or the fact that despite using the technology, the guy got away anyhow.

I wonder what they were REALLY looking for ....

Let me convert this to Canadian for you:

"-20C = freezing, -10C = jacket weather / layers, 0C = light long sleeves, 10C = short sleeves, 20C = Turn on the AC"

So do the credit card companies have grounds to take legal action against Sony? This breach is going to cost the credit card companies millions of dollars as they have to deal with increased customer call volumes, fraud investigations and time and effort to issue new credit cards and numbers. I'm sure Sont can't just get away with saying 'Sorry' to them. I supposed Sony could 'settle' with the CC companies and just pay them out, but still ... stuff like this has a ripple effect and doesn't just cost Sony money. Who can say how many companies are taking a financial hit because of this. Harmonix is certainly taking a hit because they can't sell any Rock Band tracks while this is going on.