Sony Faces Third Class Action Lawsuit

Earlier this week, we told you that former employees had gotten together to sue Sony in a class-action suit. Since then, two more lawsuits have been filed. This one alleges violation of the California Customer Records Act, violation of the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, negligence, and violation of the California Unfair Competition law, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The last charge is interesting, because that law applies to false advertising. In essence, the employees are asserting that Sony's delay in confirming the breach to its employees while they knew it was true all along was de facto false advertising. There will surely be many more lawsuits to follow in the wake of the breach.