This is one of those stories where it’s perhaps best to just present the information and – like Moss in The IT Crowd – just walk away. Its an interesting one for sure, and suggests that the whole PlayStation Network hack story hasn’t quite run its course yet.
So, here’s the story.
Gamasutra is reporting this evening that a new class action lawsuit has appeared, alleging that Sony and its subsidiaries “fired a number of network security employees” just prior to the breach that compromised 100 million accounts.
“Sony sought to cut its costs at the expense of its customers by terminating a significant number of employees immediately prior to the security breach, including personnel responsible for maintaining the security of the network,” says the suit. The department that suffered was the so-called “Network Operations Center.”
Apparently, according to the report, Sony was aware that security was weak “because it had experienced hackings of sensitive data on a smaller scale prior to the massive security breach.”
TheSixthAxis has not seen these court documents.
KillFelix
Like I said right from the beginning, Sony deserved it for acting like they are the God almighty.
Smallville2106
That is a completely ridiculous and ignorant thing to say.
Cort
As I understand it, the staff laid off were working for SOE so this has no relevance to the hacks against PSN and Sony Pictures.