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A federal class action lawsuit claims Sony Computer Entertainment let hackers break into an unencrypted database containing the private credit card information of 77 million PlayStation customers. It is believed to be one of the largest data breaches in the history of the Internet.
The class action lawsuit centers around Sony’s announcement this week that hackers broke into its online PlayStation Network and Qriocity online service, exposing nearly 77 million customers to theft of their credit card data, billing addresses and other personal information. Sony revealed the hacker also obtained user-provided names, email addresses, birth dates, log-in information and purchase histories.
“Sony failed to take reasonable care to protect, encrypt, and secure the private and sensitive data of its users which led to the intrusion that caused over 70 million customers the loss of their personal and private information, including customer names, addresses, e-mail addresses, birthdays, PlayStation Network and Qriocity passwords, and user names, as well as online user handles, and possibly credit card related data,” the class action lawsuit states.
The Sony data breach class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of anyone who purchased a Sony PlayStation console and subscribed to the PlayStation Network or Qriocity service and suffered loss of service and breach of security on or about April 17-19, 2011. It is seeking reimbursement for losses from credit-card data theft, payment for credit monitoring for all plaintiffs, refunds for defective services and PlayStations and unspecified punitive damages.
A copy of the Sony PlayStation Hack Class Action Lawsuit can be read here. The case is Johns v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, 11-02063, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).
UPDATE: Class action lawsuits over the PlayStation data breach have been consolidated into a single MDL pending in California federal court. The judge overseeing the MDL continues to dismiss claims against Sony but is allowing plaintiffs to refile with amended claims. Top Class Actions will continue to update readers on the progress of the case, now known as In re: Sony Gaming Networks and Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, Case No. 3:11-md-02258, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
UPDATE 2: Instructions on how to file a claim for the PlayStation Network data breach class action settlement are now available! Click here
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UPDATE 2: Instructions on how to file a claim for the PlayStation Network data breach class action settlement are now available! Click here
My account was hack around the time when playstation network was shutdown. I never recover my credit purchase from the playstation store and I believe my credit card information was retrieve by hackers because I had anonymous transactions being purchase with my card
hello,i’m writing cause i’am a person whos been effected by this ,i will like to be consider a member of this lawsuit
PlayStation Network Hack Leads to Class Action Lawsuit
how does someone get included in this class action law suit?