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Litigation

Oct. 15, 2011

Playstation legal troubles could mount

For the second time this year, Sony's Playstation video game network was hacked and nearly 100,000 users' personal information compromised, creating more potential tag-along plaintiffs for a consolidated MDL in the Southern District.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In the wake of a network-wide exposure of more than 70 million user accounts this past spring, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC is facing a growing number of lawsuits by customers. Lawyers say a second breach this week, which forced the company to suspend nearly 100,000 accounts in efforts to repair the damage, will likely produce more.


Contacted about the latest breach and its legal impl...

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