Sony Hacking Lawsuits, Part II: Former employees file class action for failing to secure their data
Former Sony Pictures employees are suing the company for failing to protect their private information in the recent ‘epic’ hacking
Read moreFormer Sony Pictures employees are suing the company for failing to protect their private information in the recent ‘epic’ hacking
Read moreLast month, hackers infiltrated Sony Pictures purportedly secure network and released the data to the public, including employees’ personal data, unreleased
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