Data Breach News, Legal News, News, Vendor News
February 13, 2026
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Texas Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Demands Infor­ma­tion from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Con­duent as Part of Inves­ti­ga­tion into Data Breach 

A press release from the Texas State Attorney General: Attorney General Ken Paxton issued Civil Investigative Demands (“CIDs”) to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (“BCBS”) and Conduent Business Services LLC (“Conduent”), demanding documents and information pertinent to the investigation of the Conduent data breach that exposed the sensitive personal data of approximately four million […]

Legal News
February 12, 2026
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More US investors sue South Korean government over handling of Coupang data breach

TechCrunch reports: Coupang’s massive data breach in South Korea has now become a geopolitical flashpoint as a growing number of the company’s U.S. investors take legal action against the South Korean government. What began as a regulatory investigation into data security failures has expanded into a broader dispute over alleged unfair treatment of the U.S.-headquartered company. While […]

Data Breach News, Legal News
February 12, 2026
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Comcast agrees to $117.5M data breach class action settlement over 2023 “Citrix Bleed” Incident

Top Class Actions reports: Read more at Top Class Actions. The official settlement website has not been posted yet. All consumers should be alert to the possibility that you may receive scam or phishing attempts claiming you are entitled to a settlement. Wait for the official settlement site to learn how class members are being […]

Legal News
February 10, 2026
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CISA gives federal agencies one year to rip out end-of-life devices

The Record reports a federal mandate that is likely to give a lot of agencies major headaches in compliance: Federal civilian agencies have been ordered to remove end-of-life devices within 12 months due to widespread exploitation campaigns by sophisticated hackers. The U.S. cyber defense agency issued an operational directive on February 5 mandating federal agencies to “remove […]

Data Breach News, Legal News, News
January 21, 2026
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DOGE improperly shared Social Security data: Filing

The Hill reports: Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) improperly shared Social Security data through a third-party server, according to a recent court filing from the Justice Department. The DOGE team embedded at the Social Security Administration (SSA) used Cloudflare, which was not approved for storing agency data, to share data during a 10-day period in March, the […]

Data Breach News, Legal News, Malware Ransomware
January 20, 2026
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$2.75M American Addiction Centers data breach class action settlement

Top Class Actions reports: American Addiction Centers Inc. agreed to a $2.75 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it failed to adequately protect patients’ private information. The settlement benefits individuals whose personal information was potentially compromised in a data breach involving American Addiction Centers on or about Sept. 26, 2024, and who were […]

Legal News
January 18, 2026
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Data Breach Cases Require Some Technological Issue for Business Court Designation in North Carolina

Preetha Suresh Rini of Robinson Bradshaw explains: In recent years, defendants in data breach class action lawsuits filed in the state courts in North Carolina have succeeded in designating these disputes to the North Carolina Business Court. The Business Court has accepted data breach cases involving ransomware attacks, phishing email incidents and tracking technology cases. […]

Malware Ransomware, Legal News, News
December 31, 2025
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Two cybersecurity guys plead guilty to being hackers all along

KnowTechie reports: Two former cybersecurity professionals have admitted they were secretly running ransomware attacks on the side. According to an announcement this week from the US Department of Justice, Ryan Goldberg, 40, and Kevin Martin, 36, pleaded guilty to orchestrating a string of ransomware attacks in 2023 that netted them about $1.2 million in Bitcoin. Here’s the […]

Legal News, Data Breach News
December 30, 2025
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French software company fined $2 million for cyber failings leading to data breach

The Record reports: France’s data protection regulator has fined the software company Nexpublica France €1.7 million ($2 million) for poor cybersecurity practices in the wake of a data breach. In November 2022, users of a Nexpublica portal reported they could access documents about third parties. France’s data regulator, known as CNIL, investigated the incident and […]