U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday said Defense officials are closely watching protests that have flared up in Egypt, Tunisia and Lebanon, as Pentagon hosts senior Egyptian military leaders for talks this week.The Defense Department is “monitoring closely” events in Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon “as they evolve,” Pentagon Press timberland boots for men Secretary Geoff Morrell said during a regular briefing.Morrell said the United States has no military-to-military relationship with Tunisia, but has a long-standing military-to-military relationship with Egypt and an evolving military-to-military relationship with Lebanon.Defense officials are hosting senior Egyptian military leaders this week for their annual bilateral defense talks, Morrell said.
“That’s just an example of how engaged we are with the Egyptians, even as these developments have taken place on the streets of Cairo, and elsewhere,” he said.Kazuo Hirai, the head of Sony’s PlayStation video game business said Sunday that there was no concrete evidence that information from 77 million credit cards registered by customers through Sony’s PlayStation Network had been stolen by a hacker, the possibility did exist.Speaking at a press conference convened by the firm at their headquarters in Tokyo, Hirai, Sony’s executive vice president, mens timberland 6 inch conceded that the hacker may have obtained the users’ credit card numbers, expiration dates as well as purchase history and password security answers.”While there is no evidence that the credit card data has been compromised, we also can’t rule it out,” Hirai said.Sony said that two weeks ago a hacker breached the company’s online video game network and Qriocity streaming entertainment service and swiped the names, addresses, e-mail addresses and birth dates of some 77 million users registered to use the firm’s network.
Following the breach, which has potentially huge global implications, Sony suspended the two online services on April 20.Hirai, while apologizing for the monumental blunder, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into the matter, following Sony’s request.The consumer electronics giant said they have created a new position to blue timberland boots better oversee the protection of consumers’ private data. The measures taken include adding more firewalls and advanced encryption technology.Following a barrage of complaints from the firm’s livid global users, Hirai said the company will provide some content for games consoles free of charge.