The breach of Sony’s PlayStation Network will cost the company at least US$171 million according to the company’s preliminary financial forecast released on Monday — the latest predictions for its fiscal year ending March 2012. The total figure will likely grow. . . and grow. Sony has racked up expenses for the repair and resurrection of PSN, Qriocity and Sony Online Entertainment, all of which were compromised in the April 17 attack, when the personal information of more than 100 million customers may have been accessed by hackers.
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Sony Tallies $171M in Data Breach Losses... and Counting
Posted by: Rob Spiegel May 24, 2011 12:11 PMThe breach of Sony’s PlayStation Network will cost the company at least US$171 million according to the company’s preliminary financial forecast released on Monday — the latest predictions for its fiscal year ending March 2012. The total figure will likely grow. . . and grow. Sony has racked up expenses for the repair and resurrection of PSN, Qriocity and Sony Online Entertainment, all of which were compromised in the April 17 attack, when the personal information of more than 100 million customers may have been accessed by hackers.