Sony's $8M Settlement With Employees Over Hacked Data

Sony's settlement with employees is fantastic....if you were one of the lawyers working the case. Everyone else is getting peanuts and credit monitoring.

The proposed deal contemplates a $2 million cash fund to reimburse class members up to $1,000 each for preventive measures taken to protect against identity theft. Meanwhile, the class action lawyers who represented the plaintiffs would be getting almost $3.5 million. In addition to those firm cash payments, under the terms of the deal, Sony would be providing identity protection services to ex-employees for two years through a third party called AllClear ID.

Well, you know what they call 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean ... a good start

Such amazing bullshit that lawyers get the lion's share of what is a clear cut case of technological negligence on Sony's part.

Funny part about Sony also offering AllClear ID? I STILL have AllClear ID monitoring from a previous Sony breach in 2011.

There are more lawyers than police in this county (and that includes federal officers). There are far more lawyers graduating every year than doctors (who they also outnumber). Attorneys are sometimes necessary, but we could use with a lot fewer of them!