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Let The Litigation Begin – Sony PlayStation Data Breach Class Action Filed in Boston

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Written by Kevin McGinty With the inevitability of death and taxes, data breaches spawn class action lawsuits.  The massive Sony PlayStation Network data breach has now resulted in the filing of a class action in federal court in Massachusetts captioned Thompson v. Sony Computer Entertainment.  The named plaintiff asserts her claims on behalf of a… Continue Reading

And the [hacks] just keep on coming……

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We’ve had the Epsilon breach.   We’ve had Sony Breach One and Sony Breach Two.   Today, Bloomberg News reports on a breach that may be, as one security expert in the article calls it, “the nastiest password hack in history….”  LastPass is reporting that hackers may have broken into its database and stolen info on as… Continue Reading

More breach problems for Sony……

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Written by Julia Siripurapu Yesterday, in a Customer Service Notification posted on its website, Sony Online Entertainment LLC (“SOE”) based in San Diego, California revealed that its systems were also the subject of a hacking attack. Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment announced in a press release issued this morning, that based on their ongoing… Continue Reading