Litigation and legal developments concerning data breaches.
ClaimDepot reports: Consumers who received a notice that the 700Credit data breach may have affected their personal information could qualify to submit a claim for up to $2,500 from a class action settlement. The cybersecurity incident impacted approximately 5.8 million individuals. 700Credit LLC, a company that provides credit reports and other information to auto, RV, powersports and marine […]
Paubox reports: In October of 2024, Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), a Bensalem, Pennsylvania-based provider of environmental, dining, and nutritional support for healthcare facilities, became aware of a data breach that impacted 624,496 individuals, including employees and patients. Data that was accessed in the breach included names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, state identification numbers, financial account information, full […]
Financial Review reports: KPMG has sacked its former chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett from the firm’s partnership in a rare move after finding she had stored printed copies of confidential Lendlease board documents in her locker, shared them with her colleagues to win audit contracts, and repeatedly lied about it. A furious John Sams, the […]
MoneyControl reports: Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore [USD $103,683.10 at today’s rate] on Central Depository Services (India) Ltd (CDSL), holding that a series of cybersecurity failures enabled the malware attack that disrupted the depository’s operations in November 2022 and affected settlement activities across […]
BankInfoSecurity reports: A publicly traded home medical equipment and services supplier has told U.S. regulators that hackers recently stole a potentially large volume of patients’ sensitive health and personal information, including data from external electronic health record portals, in a social engineering incident. Pennsylvania-based AdaptHealth in a July 2 filing to the U.S. Securities and […]
Becker’s Health IT reports an update to litigation stemming from the previously reported cyberattack on the medical device manufacturer by pro-Iranian hackers. Stryker has filed a motion to dismiss a consolidated class-action lawsuit stemming from the March 11 cyberattack that disrupted its business operations. Eight current and former Stryker employees sued the medical device maker within 48 […]
The New York Times reports: In the days before the Knicks won the N.B.A. finals, sending New York City into a rapture, a hacking group was quietly working to steal data from Madison Square Garden, including the records of celebrities and other customer information, according to three class-action lawsuits filed against the companies that own the […]
HIPAA Journal reports: A $35,000,000 settlement has been agreed to resolve a long-running class action lawsuit against Labcorp over a 2018 cybersecurity incident at American Medical Collection Agency. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp), a provider of diagnostic testing services, had contracted with a company called Retrieval-Masters Creditor’s Bureau, Inc., which does business as American Medical […]
The Record reports that the court administrator approved a $47 million settlement fund, even though plaintiffs had sought $47 billion: A Missouri bankruptcy court administrator on Wednesday signed off on a deal that gives millions of victims of a 2023 data breach at 23andMe a cut of a $46.8 million settlement fund. About 7 million […]
WBRZ reports: he St. George Fire Protection District is suing Baton Rouge cybersecurity company General Informatics, blaming them for allowing hackers to gain access to the fire department’s network in 2023. The lawsuit, filed by the fire department on May 23, claims that General Informatics was hired to prevent cyberattacks and now seeks damages from […]
