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Sony could lose 24 billion $

After service in the period April 17 to 19 PlaySation Network has been the target of a massive attack, Sony has decided that the network be closed until the company will secure. It seems that those behind the attack were able to obtain financial data of 77 million users.

Analyst Michael Pachter estimates that the weekly PSN brings a profit of $ 3 million, but according to the Ponemon Institute research Sony losses could amount to $ 24 billion.

Already there has been the first legal complaint against Sony, accusing a young man from Alabama for failing to take adequate measures to protect users' personal data and the delay in notification.

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