Sony Gaming Networks and Customer Data Security Breach Litigation involves allegations of misconduct on the part of various Sony entities in  connection with a data breach in which the confidential personal and financial account information of  millions of users of Sony’s online gaming network was compromised, resulting in a serious risk of credit card theft and identity fraud and causing affected individuals to incur financial expenses associated with credit monitoring, replacement of compromised credit card numbers, and other measures to protect against fraud.  The complaints allege, among other things, that Sony failed to protect the users’ personal and financial information and failed to promptly and properly notify users of the compromise of their personal information following the data breach.