Sony Won't Appeal Fine Related to 2011 PSN Hack

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Sony dropped its appeal and will therefore have to pay a £250,000 fine issued by the UK Information Commissioner's Office related to a massive data breach on PSN in April 2011. ICO issued the fine in January 2013, calling the hack a "serious breach of the Data Protection Act."

"After careful consideration we are withdrawing our appeal. This decision reflects our commitment to protect the confidentiality of our network security from disclosures in the course of the proceeding," a Sony representative told V3. "We continue to disagree with the decision on the merits."

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/13/sony-drops-appeal-for-ico-issued-2011-data-loss-fine/

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oLiaammPosted:

250k isn't 'big' to companies like Sony but i thought they would have appealed.

Wasn't it down for a whole month?

SahvidgePosted:

Katsumi
Jack-Wills Read the title xbox fans, '2011' your all like liverpool supporters!


Exactly. The Sony hacking occurred in 2011 and it's now in the past. Let us just hope that something like that doesn't happen to Sony in the future


I couldn't agree more. It seems everytime I read a news article and I want to something, you've already done so for me. Haha. Thank you.

KatsumiPosted:

Jack-Wills Read the title xbox fans, '2011' your all like liverpool supporters!


Exactly. The Sony hacking occurred in 2011 and it's now in the past. Let us just hope that something like that doesn't happen to Sony in the future

KatsumiPosted:

Dead-Pool 250k is nothing to sony lol


250k is a lot of money to any corporation. Sony doesn't just think "We have hundreds of millions of dollars, 250k isn't anything at all."

DiffucultPosted:

There's Reasons Guys!

ShrillPosted:

CFO that is virtually nothing to sony they probably made that back before the day even ended


Your probably right.

RuinsPosted:

CFO that is virtually nothing to sony they probably made that back before the day even ended


ok that may be an overstatement...

TrevorPosted:

that is virtually nothing to sony they probably made that back before the day even ended

AdamuPosted:

Dead-Pool 250k is nothing to sony lol


It is to us lol.

FilmRiotPosted:

250k is nothing to sony lol


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