Sony Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over PSN Breach
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Up until very recently, I loathed everything about Sony, especially the way they conducted the service on the PSN. But this... not even Sony deserved this, in my opinion.
God help the guy who hacked their servers if he ever gets found out. They will write songs about the wrath that shall be unleashed on that day.
God help the guy who hacked their servers if he ever gets found out. They will write songs about the wrath that shall be unleashed on that day.
I think people are underestimating how hard it is to actually win a class action suit. Well, usually that is...
[HEADING=2]the apocalyPS3 has begun!!![/HEADING]
[HEADING=2]the apocalyPS3 has begun!!![/HEADING]
I don't except much from him, I wouldn't be surprised if he said something about this. I don't either, and to be honest, I seriously hope it's just someone that accidentally did something stupid.Brian Hendershot said:
You really think half of Sony is crapping themselves over this? Please, class action lawsuits are just part of doing business, Sony is just going to fire up the legal team and get back to work. Seriously, Sony has over 100,000 employees. You think the people responsible for fixing PSN are looking at any of the legal stuff?Sir Seagull said:
Secondly, we don't know that Sony had "zero control" over these events. That's the point of the lawsuit. You sue a company with a defective product that harms consumers (either directly, like faulty brakes, or indirectly, like releasing personal information to outsiders). Then, both sides investigate what happened, the evidence is presented in court, and a jury assigns level of fault. What if Sony's security was a copy of Norton Firewall from 2002 that hadn't been updated in three months? Then they are assigned some of the blame. If Sony took reasonable precautions, then no blame is assigned.
I don't know if Anon is even responsible for this, I'm not dismissing that some rogue Anon member did this, but I don't think they're to blame. I really don't understand why Sony is being blamed right now, let them figure out who caused it and fix this before the blame starts being thrown around.Donnyp said:
I genuinely wish that they recover from this and it can go back to business as usual.
I've already notified my bank so I'm gonna get a call if they see anything suspicious, I'm not gonna cancel it yet, but if I do get that phone call then I'm gonna kill it.ZeroG131 said:
I said this in the other thread about Sony, but I'll say it again. This is a colossal failure on Sony's part. If it weren't for the gargantuan size of the company, this would surely have put them out of business. Any smaller company would go bankrupt after all of the legal fees, settlements, and security costs this will require before it's over.
I'd wager before all is said and done, Sony will have lost upwards of $100 million because of this.
I'd wager before all is said and done, Sony will have lost upwards of $100 million because of this.
I'm just going to repeat myself here and say that I hold nothing against Sony so long as they do what they can to find the bastard(s) responsible for this debacle.
They immediately went and hired professional security consultants, so that's good. Mind you, they probably should have done that in the first place, but when you start off with a $500 console that's bleeding money, there's probably not much room in the budget for such measures.
Sony is clearly kicking themselves in the ass for allowing this to happen, there's no reason we all need to join in.
They immediately went and hired professional security consultants, so that's good. Mind you, they probably should have done that in the first place, but when you start off with a $500 console that's bleeding money, there's probably not much room in the budget for such measures.
Sony is clearly kicking themselves in the ass for allowing this to happen, there's no reason we all need to join in.
I really don't think Sony should have the gun pointed at them before we even know the exact situation. I mean, the hackers might not have even got the credit card information and such. Thank goodness Sony actually had the bravery to tell people what they knew even if they did wait a little while to access the problem (honestly they may have been as dumbfounded as everyone else, probably more so.) They really shouldn't be blamed for getting HACKED. I mean really, it's not as if they just threw information into a wolf den; they were basically attacked. That's like saying that it's the victim's fault for being mugged. Plus I doubt Sony with all their money didn't have some sturdy defenses set up to protect their customer's information. Maybe we can give them the benefit of the doubt until we know everything there is to know.
Also, as previously mentioned earlier in the topic, why are lawyers suing on behalf of every PSN user? I for one never consented for them to represent me and I can safely say that not everyone wants to sue Sony into potential bankruptcy. Probably far less than half would want that. Why would anyone want all the people who work under Sony to be put out of a job? Hopefully this will all be sorted out and Sony won't be torn apart like a piece of meat thrown into a cage of hungry Tasmanian devils. That would be bad. We really should be ganging up on the hackers who did this, not Sony.
Also, as previously mentioned earlier in the topic, why are lawyers suing on behalf of every PSN user? I for one never consented for them to represent me and I can safely say that not everyone wants to sue Sony into potential bankruptcy. Probably far less than half would want that. Why would anyone want all the people who work under Sony to be put out of a job? Hopefully this will all be sorted out and Sony won't be torn apart like a piece of meat thrown into a cage of hungry Tasmanian devils. That would be bad. We really should be ganging up on the hackers who did this, not Sony.
All I can say is what a fucking greedy douche bag. Yeah, they said keep private as in they wouldn't give it away, not that they were unhackable. Anything can be hacked, and any place can be robbed. If I had a credit card and someone beat me up and stole it, could I sue the credit card company? No.
Yeah, I think thats what most PS3 users are thinking. I saw a couple that looked really saddened by being told that PSN was down so they couldn't play their new game together.M_aureus said:
Honestly, I think that's the worst part about this. Its not the money, that can be replaces, but its peoples entertainment thats being effected by this, and I know people who literally lived on PSN.
The situation is more akin to you having a credit card, somebody walks into the credit card company, takes your information, and then potentially uses it. You aren't told that it happened till a week later. What's the first thing you want to know? "How did this information get taken without anybody realizing?" would be my first question.Assassin Xaero said:
Any place can be robbed, but if the credit card company left your information lying around in an unsecure place, they'd be at fault too.
The real criminals in this country are lawyers. There are the people that punish the victims (Sony) so that the other criminals (the hackers) win. I truly mean this with ever fiber of my being - these lawyers should be executed for their evil behavior.
They did say it would go back up in a week.tony2077 said:
Have patience.
Also my Portal 2 hasn't even arrived yet
I wish I could feel sorry for Sony, but with the way they've been douching it up lately...screw them. If there's an option to add my name to this lawsuit, since I have a PSN account, I probably will. Crap like this is unacceptable, and companies should be held accountable. Since multinational megacorps like Sony have no government oversight, kicking their wallet and reputation straight in the balls is the only way to hold them accountable.