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		pero on April 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sony: All personal data stolen from PSN That is very standard legal. If they did so, the impending class action would already be over. I wouldn't be surprised if that blog post cost them well into 6 figures for legal fees. And that it took the full week to draft and approve--it is probably the reason this announcement took so long to emerge.

moondowner on April 26, 2011 [–]

True. Big incidents like this require for companies, in this case Sony, to carefully choose their words. They are obliged to inform their customers.

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