LOS ANGELES (AP) β A former director of technology for Sony Pictures Entertainment has sued the company over the data breach that resulted in the online posting of his private financial and personal information.
Lionel Felix’s lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles states he ran the company’s infrastructure for Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment from 2001 to 2004. His lawsuit, which is joined by one of the company’s former technical directors, seeks class action status for the nearly 47,000 current and former employees’ whose data was stolen and posted online by hackers.
Their suit alleges Sony ignored warnings about the security of its networks.
In all, eight ex-Sony employees have filed lawsuits against the company this week over the hack, which has been linked to North Korea.
Sony did not immediately respond to an email message seeking comment.
