The nine Sony Pictures Entertainment employees suing the company post-breach have reached a settlement with the studio, Reuters reports, noting details of the settlement have not been made public. “The former workers, who had sought class-action status on the suit, had said Sony's negligence caused them economic harm by forcing them to beef up credit monitoring to address their greater risk of identity theft,” the report states. Sony had previously asked a judge to dismiss the case, but that request was later denied. The plaintiffs have a deadline of October 19 “to submit a motion for preliminary approval of the proposed settlement case,” the report states, and “Sony has declined to comment on the settlement.”
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