Sony Sued for PSN Security Breach

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A class action lawsuit was filed against Sony a day after the company publicly admitted that personal information from PlayStation Network was compromised by a security breach. The lawsuit was filed by the Rothken Law Firm today in a California court and alleges Sony "failed to take reasonable care to protect, encrypt, and secure the private and sensitive data."

Yesterday, Sony said it believes an unauthorized person obtained PSN user information, including members' names, addresses, birthdays, and login passwords. The company said there was no evidence that credit card information was stolen, but did not rule out that possibility.

"We brought this lawsuit on behalf of consumers to learn the full extent of Sony PlayStation Network data security practices and the data loss and to seek a remedy for consumers. We are hopeful that Sony will take this opportunity to learn from the network vulnerabilities, provide a remedy to consumers who entrusted their sensitive data to Sony, and lead the way in data security best practices going forward," said Ira P. Rothken an attorney who filed the class action complaint.

"Sony's breach of its customers' trust is staggering. Sony promised its customers that their information would be kept private. One would think that a large multinational corporation like Sony has strong protective measures in place to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of personal information, including credit card information. Apparently, Sony doesn't," commented J.R. Parker, co-counsel in the case.

The lawsuit seeks monetary compensation for the data loss and "loss of use of the Sony PlayStation Network, credit monitoring, and other relief according to proof."

IGN has contacted Sony for comment.

A copy of the complaint in PDF form can be viewed here.

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wow, I didn't think this happen until after PSN came back up. well, sony won't win this one.
 
Sony will win because they have no case. these people are fucking stupid; they should read something about the law before they sure people. >_> Fucking dumbasses are wasting money, and they won't be getting any money for retribution. Not even the fact they are going to lose, but I HOPE they lose so idiots can stop being idiots, and grow a BRAIN.
 
Sony will win because they have no case. these people are fucking stupid; they should read something about the law before they sure people. >_> Fucking dumbasses are wasting money, and they won't be getting any money for retribution. Not even the fact they are going to lose, but I HOPE they lose so idiots can stop being idiots, and grow a BRAIN.

they will lose, specially if the judge was a person who had info on PSN that was stolen :P
 
They won't lose, and if the judge finds them guilty, I'm going to sue him/her for not learning the law before becoming a judge.
 
They won't lose, and if the judge finds them guilty, I'm going to sue him/her for not learning the law before becoming a judge.

they will lose if the data has been stolen and miss used. And of course, sony is dead in the water if credit card info was taken. That is a fact.


Though, this lawsuit won't get far until this mess is done with.
 
I wonder if there will just be a settlement, so Sony can put this behind them, and every user who sues gets some reimbursement for the trouble Sony put them through by having their credit card and personal information stolen.
 
they will lose if the data has been stolen and miss used. And of course, sony is dead in the water if credit card info was taken. That is a fact.


Though, this lawsuit won't get far until this mess is done with.
Yes, because the world's problems are Sony's fault. The hackers had absolutely NOTHING to do with this. Yup, let's all just sue Sony because they are the reason we can't have fun; THEY stole our info, THEY stole our credit cards, THEY hacked the PSN so they could lose money. >_>
 
Yes, because the world's problems are Sony's fault. The hackers had absolutely NOTHING to do with this. Yup, let's all just sue Sony because they are the reason we can't have fun; THEY stole our info, THEY stole our credit cards, THEY hacked the PSN so they could lose money. >_>

sony is being sued for not being able to protect the data, when a huge company like sony sets up a online service to sell a product and requires info to use it they got to do everything they can to protect it. If they fail to protect that data THEY ARE SCREW AS HELL for the rest of their life.


Now when the hackers are found, sony can take everything the hacker has to cover the losses they will incur from the current law suit.
 
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