Near the end of 2014, after hackers looted Sony’s database, a number of former employees filed class action lawsuits against the company, arguing that the leak of their personal information, including their Social Security numbers, made them vulnerable to identity theft.
That threat, they argued, made Sony liable for the financial burden of having to purchase identity theft protection for the rest of their lives. This week, a group of former employees filed another court complaint claiming there had been incidents of unauthorized credit card charges, attempts by thieves to open accounts under their names, and their personal data appearing on the Internet.
There's no guarantee that after an X number of years, you're safe from identity thieves.
