UK government fines Sony for 2011 PlayStation hack

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Sony has been fined £250,000 - and the company's data protection policies criticised - by UK authorities investigating the infamous 2011 PlayStation hack.
The Information Commissioner's Office described the attack, which risked the personal information of 77 million customers, as a "serious breach of the Data Protection Act".
Hackers gained access to customer names, addresses, dates of birth and passwords. Payment card details were also left "at risk", the ICO described.
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