Litigation and legal developments concerning data breaches.
The Record reports; Police in the Netherlands say they seized 127 servers this week that were used by Zservers, a bulletproof hosting service that was the subject of international sanctions issued Tuesday. The raid on Wednesday at the Paul van Vlissingenstraat data center in Amsterdam “followed a long-term digital investigation into the activities of a […]
WGTC reports: Attorney General William Tong has announced that Connecticut is joining several other states in filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s administration and the overreach of his Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency. Tong is one of 19 Democratic attorneys general who have sued Trump in an effort to block Musk from accessing the systems […]
Here are just two of many recent proposed settlements in data breach litigation: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. Settlement: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. agreed to a $21 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it failed to prevent a 2020 data breach that compromised sensitive employee and client […]
Law professor Daniel Solove writes: Read more on LinkedIn.
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 […]
Should India adopt a threshold-based data breach reporting?
MediaNama reports: India needs a threshold-based system for data breach reporting, speakers argued at MediaNama’s discussion on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules (DPDP Rules, 2025) on February 7. This came as a comment during the session on the draft rules around data breaches. MediaNama conducted this discussion under the Chatham House Rule. (Chatham […]