As the PSN outage continues and emails are sent out warning users their personal information has been compromised, the legal battle against Sony is just beginning. A class action lawsuit has been filed in a California court, alleging the company “failed to take reasonable care to protect, encrypt and secure the private and sensitive data.”
There’s no telling whether the lawsuit filed against Geohot was to blame or whether Sony’s PSN security breach was simply one hackers way of sticking it to the man. All we can confirm at this point is the clear and present danger which threatens to wreak havoc if the data reaches the wrong hands.
California-based Rothken Law Firm explained their reasoning for today’s suit saying, “we brought this lawsuit on behalf of consumers to learn the full extent of Sony PlayStation Network data security practices and the data loss and to seek a remedy for consumers. We are hopeful that Sony will take this opportunity to learn from the network vulnerabilities, provide a remedy to consumers who entrusted their sensitive data to Sony, and lead the way in data security best practices going forward.”
Today’s class action lawsuit against Sony was the first, but we certainly don’t expect it to be the last. As a Playstation 3 owner, the combination of the PSN security breach and my inner desire to play Gears of War 3 might have just pushed this gamer towards a Xbox 360 — how about you?
via IGN
