British authorities fine Sony for not taking appropriate steps to safeguard customers’ personal information when hackers attacked its PlayStation Network in April 2011. The breach revealed the personal information of 77 million customers of Sony’s PlayStation Network and Qriocity service, including their names, addresses, dates of birth and account passwords. A spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said in a statement that the company strongly disagrees with the ruling and plans to appeal it. At the time of the attacks, Sony did not have a chief information security officer.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/uk-fines-sony-over-playstation-breach-a-5448