(AFP/File) - A Sony showroom is seen here in Tokyo. Japanese entertainment titan has had the dubious honor of winning a "Most Epic Fail" award at a prestigious Black Hat gathering of computer security professions in Las Vegas.(AFP/File)

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Showgoers try out games at a PlayStation 3 exhibit in 2009. Japanese entertainment titan Sony had the dubious honor of winning a "Most Epic Fail" award Thursday at a prestigious Black Hat gathering of computer security professions in Las Vegas.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)

(AFP Graphic) - Fact file on a spherical spy-drone invented by a Japanese defence researcher(AFP Graphic)

(AFP/File) - View of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian government announced plans Thursday to consolidate email programs and network services to boost cyber security, after revelations of breaches in network security.(AFP/File/Aaron Harris)

(AFP/File) - US President Barack Obama, pictured on August 2, appointed a former Microsoft executive on Thursday as the new government technology chief.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)