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Sony Hack Cost: $169 million

May 23, 2011 in News comments 3

Remember that little PSN outage Sony recently had? Ever wonder how much that little issue set Sony back? In an announcement by Sony today, the electronic giant claims...

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    Red 9 May 23, 11
    This is already on top of the losses they just posted due to the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed many of their factories in Japan.

    Not a good year for 'em, but then again, none of it was really their fault. It was hackers, not Sony themselves, that hacked the network. And it was a tsunami that destroyed their factories.

    Basically, stuff beyond their control.
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      Ded Valve May 24, 11
      It was also Sony's lack of security despite them being warned several times that their would be "retaliation" they never thought it would actually happen. It wasn't until after the incident where they hired a chief of security, something that they should have already had.

      So in a sense it was both their faults. The tsunami was something else entirely.
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    Bale Fire May 24, 11
    I wonder if this takes into account the lawsuits.

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