ordered security vulnerabilities fines after millions of players details disclosed online in 2011

Sony Computer Entertainment has been fined a record ? 250,000 by watchdog data protection after the personal data of millions of players - including passwords and credit card numbers -. Leaked online

The error occurred in April 2011, when hackers targeted the Sony PlayStation Network.

The Information Commissioner Office said Thursday the security breach was "one of the worst" who operated in accordance with the Act on Data Protection. The fine is ? 250,000 the maximum penalty provided by the ICO against a private company.

"There is no disguise that this is a company that should have been better. D a company that is listed on their technical expertise, and there is no doubt in my mind that they had access to both the expertise and the resources to keep this information secure, "said David Smith, deputy commissioner and director of UCI data protection.

The watchdog said that millions of users have been exposed to the risk of identity theft after their names, addresses, email addresses, date of birth and passwords of accounts leak online.

ICO has launched an investigation into the leak immediately after the court in April 2011. A concluded Thursday that the attack could have been avoided if the software was Sony so far, and separately, they found that the passwords are not treated well by the gaming giant.

The security flaw has been a blow to Sony, forcing her direction then chief Sir Howard Stringer, in a humble apology and cause its stock price to fall as investors worry final cost of court.

The ? 250,000 fine is the third-largest penalty ever imposed by the ICO, with only two local authorities fined more than Sony.

Smith said: "If you are responsible for data and data access card payments, then now all that personal data should be safe when their priority in this case, has not happened, and. database was white - but in a determined criminal attack - security measures simply were not enough

"The punishment that we released today is obviously important, but we do not apologize for it. Anyway, one of the most serious reported. This directly affects a large number of consumers, and so at least put them at risk of identity theft. "

Protection Agency data said the attackers took advantage of a "vulnerable" Sony's network, after the refusal of several distributed service (DDoS), which overwhelmed Sony network in the flooding of requests for download information.
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