Sony fined £250,000 for Playstation data breach
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office yesterday confirmed that it has fined Sony £250,000 for a ‘serious breach’ of the Data Protection Act.
The fine comes after the company suffered one of the world's largest data breaches in history at the hands of hackers in April 2011.
Commenting on the fine, Hans Allnutt, an associate in the cyber
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