Sony fined £250k over 'preventable' PSN hack

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Sony is facing a £250,000 penalty for what is deemed a 'security failure' during the PlayStation Network hack that affected 77 million accounts in April 2011.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) stated that the attack was preventable, and that there was "no disguising that Sony is a business that should have known better".

Sony is now preparing an appeal, in order to reverse the ruling.

"PlayStation Europe notes that the ICO recognises Sony was the victim of 'a focused and determined criminal attack' and that 'there is no evidence that encrypted payment card details were accessed', and that 'personal data is unlikely to have been used for fraudulent purposes'."

Sony chief executive, Kaz Hirai apologized for the security breach one month after the attack brought the entire network down.

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MoanPosted:

FrenzyRG That is the worst punishment ever.....


Definately, I would rather have them fix their security.

L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:

well that is just pocket money to sony

Big-FootPosted:

Haha

FrenzyRGPosted:

That is the worst punishment ever.....

SynybunPosted:

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SovietRussia 250k is nothing to a company like Sony. It probably would have cost them more to prevent the attacks.


Yeah, its like $250 to a regular person...


Assuming that person is a billionare.

MoanPosted:

250k is nothing to Sony

PoonPosted:

blacknooodle like this http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=577258385621893&set=a.295559780458423.87325.100000132093681&type=1


:facepalm: :/

ModLabPosted:

HHAHAHAH ! XBOX

VoyboyPosted:

smarty693 everyone says psn shouldn't of been hacked, look at XBL the amount of JTag consoles out there and all these hacked lobbies and modded games, that's a rarity on the ps3, yea sure they got hacked into, lots of people do, its only because its a big company everybody's intrested. not saying eithers better, used to be a ps3 gamer but had more friends on 360 so i switched, still play ps3 too its just as much fun


You can hack a PS3 with a simple flash drive..There are also a ton more modded lobbies on PS3 than on Xbox..Take it from someone who owns both

ZyphrPosted:

SovietRussia 250k is nothing to a company like Sony. It probably would have cost them more to prevent the attacks.


Yeah, its like $250 to a regular person...


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