VOA慢速英语:Sony Apologizes for Cyber Attack

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They apologized for the theft of personal information from millions of users of the company's online services. Hackers targeted Sony's PlayStation Network, Sony Online Entertainment and Qriocity music systems. In all, Sony says information may have been stolen from more than one hundred million accounts.
他们为该公司数百万用户的网络个人信息被盗一事致歉。黑客攻击索尼PS网络系统，索尼在线娱乐和Qriocity音乐系统。索尼公司称，总计超过100万名客户的个人信息被盗。

The data includes information like names, addresses, phone numbers and birthdates. In some cases, even credit and debit card numbers may have been stolen.
被盗的资料包括姓名，地址，电话号码和出生日期这些信息。有些甚至连信用卡号和提款卡号都被盗。

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the cyber attacks.
美国联邦调查局正针对此次攻击进行调查。

Sony shut down its PlayStation Network on April twentieth. The company is being criticized for not telling its users about the stolen information until a week later. Sony has also been criticized for not making its accounts more secure by encrypting the data. Sony officials say they have now taken steps to improve security.
4月20日索尼就关闭了PSN平台。该公司一个星期之后才告诉用户个人信息被盗，受到人们的批评。人们还批判该公司没有对用户资料加密处理保证更加安全。索尼官员称现在他们已经采取措施增强安全性。

Peter Warren is chairman of the Cyber Security Research Institute in London. His group studies technology crimes and their effects on our computer-dependent world. Mr. Warren points out that what happened at Sony is not rare.
Peter Warren是伦敦网络安全研究机构主席。他们研究科技犯罪以及对我们这个依靠计算机的世界所带来的影响。Mr. Warren指出索尼发生的情况并不少见。

PETER WARREN: "We’ve seen a number of very large companies that have suffered some tremendously embarrassing losses of data. So I actually think that it's a learning curve for everybody."
Peter Warren说：“我们见过许多公司遭受了巨大的尴尬数据损失。所以事实上，我觉得这对每个人来说都是个学习过程。”

The problem, says Mr. Warren, is that there is far more interest in developing technology than in keeping it safe.
Mr. Warren说，问题是对开发技术比保持安全更有兴趣。

PETER WARREN: "There is a very real issue with the onward speed of technological progress and the fact that lots and lots of people are being allowed to connect a lot of technology up before it's really been particularly well-tested."
Peter Warren：“技术进步的加速向前发展存在一个现实的难题，而且事实上，很多技术还没进行详细测试，许多人就已经能使用了。”

Peter Warren also points out that many people have a false sense of security on the Internet.
Peter Warren还指出许多人对网络安全的认识是错误的。

PETER WARREN: "If they’re walking down the street, they have many of their senses with them and they're very, very aware of strangers. On the Internet they seem to be so blindly trusting of anybody and of any website, no matter how suspicious it may look."
Peter Warren：“当他们走在路上，他们有很多感觉，而且对陌生人非常注意。而在网络，他们却盲目相信任何人，任何网站，无论那些看起来多么可疑。”

His message to users is simple: try to be more careful online.
他给用户的启示很简单：在网络世界要格外小心。

PETER WARREN: "Everybody just really needs to be aware that the Internet is just like any other street and there are some twists and turns that can take you in to some very, very unsavory places.”
Peter Warren：“每个人真正要知道网络就跟任何一条街道一样，有些曲折，把你带进一些非常令人讨厌的地方。”