The lawsuit claims damages in excess of $1 billion, which includes having Sony pay the costs of credit monitoring services and fraud insurance coverage for two years.
Announced by Toronto law firm McPhadden Samac Tuovi LLP on behalf of a 21 year old plaintiff Natasha Maksimovic, it names Sony Japan, Sony USA, Sony Canada and "other Sony entities" as defendants.
Mississauga resident Maksimovic said: "If you can't trust a huge multi-national corporation like Sony to protect your private information, who can you trust? It appears to me that Sony focuses more on protecting its games than its PlayStation users."