A former U.S. attorney’s office employee filed a proposed class action in Kansas federal court accusing the federal Office of Personnel Management of allowing hackers to steal the personal information of millions of current, former and prospective federal employees by failing for years to address deficiencies in its security systems.
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A U.S. judge rejected Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc’s bid to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed by nine former employees who claimed their personal data was stolen in a 2014 hacking tied to the studio’s release of a comedy set in North Korea, “The Interview.” Continue reading “Judge refuses to dismiss data breach class action against Sony”
Federal District Court Magistrate Jeffrey J. Keyes in the multidistrict litigation pending in Minneapolis ruled that Target has to tell financial institutions suing over the retailer’s massive 2013 data breach whether it suffered similar attacks in the past and if so, how it responded to them. Continue reading “Target must disclose any previous data breaches in pending class action”
Earlier on this blog, I noted that MasterCard and Target had entered into a proposed settlement relating to the 2013 breach of Target customers’ data that many financial institutions objected to.
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Last week Target reached a $19 million settlement with MasterCard to reimburse card issuing banks for costs associated with the big box retailer’s 2013 data breach that affected over 100 million shoppers.
Federal Judge Paul Magnuson in Minnesota rejected a motion to dismiss in the Target data breach lawsuit.
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A short time ago, it was revealed that a massive computer breach had exposed the personal information of thousands of current and former Sony employees.
Continue reading “Sony facing class-action lawsuit over data breach by North Koreans”
A federal judge in Minnesota rejected Target Corp’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by banks seeking to recoup money they spent reimbursing fraudulent charges and issuing new credit and debit cards because of the retailer’s late 2013 data breach.
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Five patients from Alabama have filed a federal class action lawsuit against a Tennessee-based hospital system after 4.5 million people across the U.S. were affected by a data breach.
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Home Depot has said that the payment data breach that was first announced earlier this month may have affected 56 million cards, making it larger than the attack last year on Target.
Continue reading “Home Depot data breach second largest on record”
