They were originally created to prevent government regulation (think outrage from Mortal Kombat 1), but now they can't even self regulate their sensitive data.
Comment has been collapsed.
Yep, massive snafu. And I guess ESA could try to argue that they didn't do the doxxing since they did not knowingly spread the spreadsheet to irrelevant parties. But then they still be easily accused of willful negligence since a) they put file with confidential data in an unsecure location on the internet and b) they ignored earlier warnings that the data was exposed.
AFAIK there were European people on that list too. Those guys can sue under GDPR laws. Americans on the list probably will want to look into a class action lawsuit similar to the Equifax data breach. (Sure, this wasn't millions of people getting their info leaked, a few hundred folks banding together is still more than enough to make that work.)
Comment has been collapsed.
1,010 Comments - Last post 8 minutes ago by MeguminShiro
15 Comments - Last post 24 minutes ago by Southrobin
241 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by Reidor
36 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by Delisper
10 Comments - Last post 3 hours ago by RePlayBe
10 Comments - Last post 4 hours ago by Stakaniy
3,385 Comments - Last post 6 hours ago by MeguminShiro
10 Comments - Last post 2 minutes ago by drbeckett
176 Comments - Last post 7 minutes ago by Shughes91
439 Comments - Last post 19 minutes ago by Mayanaise
9,074 Comments - Last post 26 minutes ago by hbarkas
88 Comments - Last post 26 minutes ago by fasderrally
9 Comments - Last post 26 minutes ago by sassdrake
1,371 Comments - Last post 56 minutes ago by Lugum
The ESA inadvertently doxxed over 2000 game journalists, youtubers, and streamers from E3 2019.
https://twitter.com/SophNar0747/status/1157434089236049920
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzQ6DLkGm_0
Comment has been collapsed.