Sunday, June 26, 2011

Lawsuit: Sony laid off security staff, unprepared for PS3 hacks

Lawsuit: Sony laid off security staff, unprepared for PS3 hacks: "






A new class-action lawsuit has been filed against Sony that claims the company has been negligent with online security, leading to multiple hostile attacks and the loss of customers' private data. The suit claims that personal information—including credit card numbers and expiration dates—were taken from Sony's servers, and cites a number of confidential witnesses who claimed Sony's security was inadequate. Perhaps most damning is the claim that Sony laid off employees working in security before the attacks.



'Sony was more concerned about their development server being hacked rather than some consumer's data being stolen,' according to a confidential witness quoted in the complaint. 'They want to protect themselves and not the people that use their servers.'


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