AOL Being Sued Over The Leak

September 26th, 2006 - By:  Alex Bailey

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AOHellWell it was only a matter of time. It's a class action lawsuit accusing AOL of violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and of fraudulent and deceptive business practices. They're asking for $5,000 dollars per instance. With over 650,000 users affected, that would amount to $3,250,000,000. They're demanding a trial by jury, so everyone will be able to watch them get drilled in to the ground. While the lawsuits states that no usernames were leaked, it's saying that the information obtained was enough to locate certain users. It also showed search trends by Americans. AOL has already fired its executives that leaked the data, but it appears they will be paying for this mistake greatly.

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    • 1. David Edwards  |  September 29th, 2006 @ 5:45 PM |  Add karma Subtract karma  +1

      Sounds like AOL has a pwncake breakfast waiting them.

    • 2. Dee  |  July 17th, 2007 @ 4:14 AM |  Add karma Subtract karma  +1

      AOL is allowing someone who has my checking information to use it to pay for their service. I tried contacting them several times about this issue and since I am not the one with the account they won’t do anything but in the meantime they are taking my money out of my account. I want to know what action I can take against them to get all the money back they took without my authorization.

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