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MSE News: PlayStation users' data stolen in hack: what should you do?

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"Millions of users have been warned their personal information, including credit card details, may have been stolen ..."
"Millions of users have been warned their personal information, including credit card details, may have been stolen ..."
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PlayStation users' data stolen in hack: what should you do?
Update, 3 May. Also see:
Sony reveals new gaming hack
PlayStation users' data stolen in hack: what should you do?
Update, 3 May. Also see:
Sony reveals new gaming hack

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Quick question: if his details were stolen, could they access his ISA and eSaver? They are all linked via his debit card, but as they have a separate sort code and account number, will they be safe?
Thanks,
I reckon they'll just try £1 charges to all the cards they have with random expiration dates until they find some that go through and rinse them. Hopefully none of us will be the unlucky ones that they guess the expiration dates correctly on!!
Thankfully I don't have a card registered with my PSN account
So, if someone steals £1000 from my account I don't need to worry because I'll get the money back from my bank??? When?? Probably a long time after my monthly mortgage payment can't be made.
I think i'll do the cancelling of the card rather than waiting for the bank to be informed that my details were stolen.
My question is people are talking about suing Sony for this hack of personal and financial data, is this possible (even if the person suing has had no financial loss) ?
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Sue them for what? A non-loss?
Would Sony sue me for drinking a cup of coffee, as I could scald a passer by
This is what I don't know. I assume it would be for breach of contract for loosing my data, thoughts? :question:
http://www.recordsmanagement.ed.ac.uk/InfoStaff/DPstaff/DPPrinciples.htm
There are also PCI regulations which demand all stored card details must be 128-bit encrypted. If they weren't then they were in breach of the PCI regs and can be used for any financial loss incurred as a result of the breach.
Unless you can prove breach of the Data Protection Act principles and Financial Loss, there's nothing to sue them for - as it hasn't actually affected you