The Japanese company began sharing information with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (or FBI for short).

The FBI requested the data of a PlayStation 4 user from Sony, as the firm suspects that he flew from Kansas in the United States to the Middle East to join a terrorist organization. The warrant, which can be read here, mentions nine related search warrants including pages like Facebook with the goal to learn the most about the suspect via social media and his PlayStation 4.

The reason why we discuss this subject is because this is the first time Sony has directly provided data to law enforcement. The suspect’s PlayStation Network ID is DejanWoW – Forbes reports that it’s still unclear why the authorities went for such an unusual demand.

The investigation started when the suspect’s mother contacted the police, saying that her son, called Isse Aweis Mohamud, left the country to Egypt, where he wanted to join a group called The Strangers. How did the PlayStation 4 get involved? The suspect’s brother told the investigators that Mohamud had wiped his console to have no data on it, which means they found nothing on the console, and thus, they had to contact Sony‘s Californian headquarters to provide the requested information, as they kept a copy of them. The law enforcement said Mohamud wasn’t involved in any terrorist activities, but in January, he was sentenced to four years in prison for passport fraud. However, we don’t know yet if the 22-year-old will face any further prosecution due to the PlayStation 4 data.

The subject is important because even Sony isn’t safe from the governments…

Source: WCCFTech