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Sony sued for PSN Issues

April 27, 2011 in News comments 7

PSN has been down for almost a week now and although Sony assures us that it is 'working around the clock' to restore the service, it seems as though these nuggets of optimism are not enough for some people. As such, a law suit has been filed against Sony, regarding the PSN security breach. The lawsuit, filed by Rothken Law in a California court claims that 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.
redneonfish via uk.ps3.ign.com »
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  • 0
    ShadowGuard Apr 27, 11
    lol, couple a kids with rich mommies and daddies most likely...
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    Province Apr 28, 11
    Sony *bleep*ed up, and they should be punished for it. If I find a single unaccounted for penny missing from my account (Not really but you know what I mean) I'll probably be doing the same thing. They'd have known for at least a week that our details where in danger, but it still took them a week to tell us so we could of like oh I don't know, cancelled our cards or protect ourselves? What happened to them is bad, but the fact they weren't prepared to protect one of the most WIDELY used online services on the planet is even worse.
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      ShadowGuard Apr 28, 11
      you wont win anything from it. THe public will laugh at you like we are to this douchebag and you will only lose money for the court costs. The ToS state it pretty clearly that they are not responsible for lost information.
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        Province Apr 29, 11
        I'm really certain that small paragraph doesn't apply to when you entire service is hacked and you lose the details of 50 or so million people. It's not even so much that it was hacked but the actual fault, the one you clearly missed, is that they took so *bleep*ing long to inform us that it was. This is our date they're playing with, the moment it was at threat it should have been known to the masses that they should check their account. Instead they try and cover it up for a week, then tell us. If my parents died, touch would, I'd like to know the day it happened rather than the doc waited a week and I missed the funeral. It not a very comparable scenario but the point is when someone messes with you shit whoever was in charge of keeping in safe should let you know right away if it is in danger.
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    FinalFantasyFanaticc Apr 28, 11
    And what? We all get about £2/$5 each for this? Or do a few people get alot of money?

    End of the day, this is pathetic, Sony already said that they had to hire a SECURITY FIRM to CHECK THE DAMAGE before they could say for sure anything was taken.

    Also good luck to them, says in the T&C that we all agreed to Sony aren't responsible for any lost or stolen data, so tough luck.
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    Chronos Apr 28, 11
    What? Is he going to sue them for billions of dollars? I think this lawsuit is a lost cause, especially if FFFanaticc is correct and the T&C says that Sony isn't responsible for lost and/or stolen data. The lawyers will make more money than the kid who filed the lawsuit.
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    Province Apr 29, 11
    The T&C was more directed to the off chance your details where just stroke copied or something, when the actual security they themselves put up to protect the details fails then it raises the stakes alot more. The kid could very well win providing he himself actually lost something and whoever is defending Sony isn't a moron.

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