Sony PSN hack triggers lawsuit

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/28/sony_psn_sued/

PSN hack triggers lawsuit
Sony sued over data loss
By Richard Chirgwin
28th April 2011 06:00 GMT

A gamer is suing Sony over the data breach in which the personal details 
of more than 70 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity users were 
stolen.

Although Sony has maintained that there is no evidence of the theft of 
card data, a complaint filed in the Federal Court in San Francisco accuses 
the company of failing to protect user data.

The breach has resulted in the gaming network being closed since 20 April. 
Sony has admitted that extensive amounts of sensitive personal data was 
compromised, including names, email addresses, birthdates, login data and 
purchase history.

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