Litigation and legal developments concerning data breaches.
Some long-standing hacking forums are standing no more. They have been seized by law enforcement in an international cooperative operation. PC Mag reports: The FBI has seized a pair of internet forums dedicated to computer hacking and forced the affected domains offline. The crackdown ensnared Cracked[.]io and Nulled[.]to, two forums known for hosting and selling […]
The Wall Street Journal reports that an end is in sight to a consolidated federal class-action lawsuit against MGM Resorts International stemming from data breaches in 2019 and 2023. A federal court has given preliminary approval to a $45 million settlement. Hackers broke into the resort operator’s systems twice, according to the suit filed in the […]
NPR reports that a U.S. Justice Department investigation of a global hacking campaign that targeted prominent American climate activists took a turn in court this week due to an allegation that the hacking was ordered by a lobbying firm working for ExxonMobil. The hacking was allegedly commissioned by a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm, according to a lawyer representing […]
Citi cannot dodge lawsuit over failure to protect customer accounts from fraud A press release issued by AG James on January 21: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a significant victory in her case against Citibank (Citi) after a judge denied Citi’s motion to dismiss the Office of the Attorney […]
Deloitte has already been sued over the breach involving Rhode Island benefits recipient data. But now there’s a bigger suit. GOLOCAL/Prov Rhode Island reports: The law firm that negotiated the $246 billion settlement with big tobacco is now suing Deloitte over the recent massive data breach in Rhode Island. In a 65-page complaint filed this week in […]
A January 13, 2025 press release from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity (“Allstate”), for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling data about the location and movement of Texans’ cell phones through secretly embedded software in mobile apps, such as Life360. Allstate and other insurers then […]
Governments have routinely urged ransomware victims not to pay ransom demands, as it only encourages them to attack even more victims. Now the UK government may prohibit government and public sector entities from paying. LBC reports: Security minister Dan Jarvis told LBC: “We want these cyber criminals who operate from Russia and elsewhere to look […]
WSJ reports: Two brokerage units of Robinhood Markets agreed to pay $45 million to settle an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into a range of alleged violations, including one stemming from a 2021 data breach that exposed millions of customer names and emails. The settlement is the latest in a string of big […]
24 hours. That’s the gap between PowerSchool’s disclosure of a hacking incident affecting teacher and student data and the filing of the first potential class-action lawsuit. Bloomberg Law reports on three potential class-action lawsuits that were filed on January 8th and 9th against the provider of cloud-based education software for K-12 schools: The complaints bring […]
New York’s Governor Hochul signed two bills into law in December that modify New York’s breach notification law. One that has already gone into effect replaces the “in the most expedient time” type of language with an actual deadline of 30 days from discovery of a breach but retains an exception for the legitimate needs […]
