14 DAY TRIAL // Guardians of Peace isn't the strangest name we heard among hacker groups, but a case could be made for it not exactly being illustrative of their activities, though obviously, they disagree.
Two former Sony employees definitely don't appreciate the recent hacks against the studio though. In fact, they are quite incensed.
However, they aren't aiming their aggression towards the hackers, probably because they know they couldn't do anything since no one knows who the hackers are. Sony itself, however, is a much more visible target.
Michael Corona, an employee from 2004 to 2007, and Christina Mathis, who worked at Sony between 2000 and 2002, have filed a complaint with the federal court in California, in which they basically accuse Sony of incompetence.
They don't appreciate having their social security numbers, healthcare records, salaries, and other confidential information exposed.
It probably wouldn't have come to this if the Guardians of Peace hadn't started to leak huge troves of information. Unfortunately, they are, so it did.
The complaint boils down to Sony “failing to design and implement appropriate firewalls and computer systems, failing to properly and adequately encrypt data,losing control of and failing to timely re-gain control over Sony Network's cryptographic keys, and improperly storing and retaining Plaintiffs' and the other Class members' PII on its inadequately protected Network.”
More controversial, according to the plaintiffs, is that Sony has been using distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on websites hosting stolen assets (like films), but isn't doing the same for current and former employees.
