(Bloomberg) -- The massive hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.’s computers has spurred what may be the first lawsuit by former employees accusing the movie company of failing to protect the personal information of thousands of workers.
Two ex-employees called the breach “an epic nightmare, much better suited to a cinematic thriller than to real life.”
Sony knew it had inadequate measures in place to protect its data and suffered breaches twice before this year’s attack, in which hackers got into the company’s computer systems and released employee salaries, worker health data, racially tinged e-mail banter and other sensitive information, according to the complaint filed yesterday in Los Angeles federal court.
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