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If the Shoe Fits . . . File a Class Action? Zappos Data Breach Leads to Quick Lawsuit.

Less than 24 hours after the Zappos data breach was announced, a class action lawsuit was filed against Amazon.com (Zappos is owned by Amazon).  The Complaint [pdf] purports to be asserted on behalf of a putative class of 24 million customers whose information was exposed in the Zappos hacking incident. While 24 million individuals, not to mention the name recognition and … Continue reading

Sony PlayStation Network Hacked — Exposes Information on Millions

There is now an explanation behind the mysterious outage of the Sony PlayStation Network (PSN), the online videogame service that enables millions of subscribers to play games over the Internet.  The explanation is not likely to make angry gamers any happier.  The PSN outage was first reported around April 20, 2011.   Originally Sony simply said it was looking … Continue reading