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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 18, 2014

Sony Pictures Entertainment faces data breach lawsuits

Complaints filed against Sony Pictures Entertainment alleges the company did not take the proper security measures prior to a data breach that exposed thousands of current and former employees' personal data.


By Melanie Brisbon


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Sony Pictures Entertainment has been hit with two class action lawsuits in the aftermath of its massive data leak.


Two former employees sued in federal court, alleging the studio "made a business decision to accept the risk" and not take proper security measures to prevent the breach that exposed more than 47,000 of the company's current and former employees' personal data, incl...

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