AOL Being Sued Over The Leak
Well 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.
