Anyone remember that big PSN hack that brought the whole thing down for weeks back in April 2011? Well, the courts haven't forgotten. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the U.K. has decided that for their part, Sony could have prevented the attack and thus has fined the company £250,000 (over $394,000).
This fine isn’t the first expense the company has had to deal with after the hack. While it is unknown how much Sony lost due to it, the company has been sued by various people and had to offer services such as identity theft protection to its customers.
"There's no disguising that this is a business that should have known better," said David Smith, ICO deputy commissioner and director of data protection. "It is a company that trades on its technical expertise, and there's no doubt in my mind that they had access to both the technical knowledge and the resources to keep this information safe."
The breach left millions of customer's names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, account passwords and credit card info exposed.
"If you are responsible for so many payment card details and log-in details," Smith said, "then keeping that personal data secure has to be your priority.
Source: The Independent