Sony’s European arm has been dealt a punishing $390,000 fine by the UK for poor protection of its customers’ privacy after the 2011 hack of the Sony PlayStation Network online gaming community, according to an article from InformationWeek.
In the attack, 77 million customers’ personal details were exposed, and the hackers were able to get away with customers’ payment card details, names, postal and email addresses, dates of birth and account passwords. In the UK alone, about three million bank customers had to change their account details and obtain new credit cards, the article reports.