Law Firm Prepares for First PSN Class Action Lawsuit

I see. Apparently I was misinformed about Sony's security measures. If they were as bad as you say they were, they were practically begging to be breached.

You make a good point about the potentially stolen information leading back to the one who's responsible for it all. I hope they're caught quickly.

I dunno what the guy was thinking that made it seem like a good idea. He ruined the PSN for over 70 million people for his personal agenda, whatever the hell it was.

I propose the death penalty.

Twice.

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This is pretty much where I stand right now. Until I see some hard evidence that Sony failed to take reasonable data security precautions (the personal data not being encrypted issue needs to be held up to current legal standards, no idea if it's a requirement or not), the only party who deserves any blame as far as I'm concerned is the one responsible for the hacking. I'll hold Sony accountable for piss-poor communication though.

It's pretty much fact that when you leave your personal data with somebody else you're taking a risk, especially when it comes to online services. It may be minimum risk if security is tight, but once it's out of your hands, it's out of your sight, and hackers are constantly upping their game and finding tiny holes to break through. Consumers crying about having to change all their identical passwords now were clearly practising poor personal security in the first place, so if nothing else, at least this might shake up their habits a little and they'll take more care in the future.

It's not an ideal situation by any stretch, but all this wild finger pointing is ridiculous and it doesn't surprise me that lawyers are quick to chase the ambulance.

Actually, stupidity that makes you break the law, while not being illegal in itself, leads to illegality.

Also, if you want to see hard proof of the failure of their encryption, just go watch some hacking conference (don't worry, you won't become evil just by looking at them) and see how both the OtherOS was worked back in and how the PSN was accessed. Each time it's because of terrible, terrible security negligence that a junior techie should know better. There is no real question that their security was sub-par, my question now is will someone be able to prove it in a court of law without using said videos/source material.

"In other words, he was making a joke."

With his posts and some of the stances he has taken in the past, it's really hard to tell the difference.