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Judge: Clark County schools may have immunity in lawsuit over 2023 cybersecurity breach

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Dissent

There’s an update to litigation against Clark County schools stemming from an attack by SingularityMD last year. Rocio Hernandez reports:

A Clark County judge said she’s leaning toward granting the Clark County School District’s (CCSD) motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of parents whose children’s data was leaked in a 2023 cyberattack, but is giving attorneys representing both sides time to prepare arguments on whether the district should be granted immunity.

The district first notified families of the breach on Oct. 16, saying it became aware of the issue around Oct. 5.

The lawsuit, filed Oct. 31, said the breach led to the compromise and public release of highly sensitive information belonging to the district’s teachers, students and graduates, as well as their families. It asks the district to promptly identify and notify all affected parties, train personnel on how to identify and contain a cyberattack, and compensate victims of the breach.

Read more at The Nevada Independent.

Their state law, as described in the article, sounds like a “Get Out Jail Free” card for state agencies, including k-12 school districts. If the district’s motion to dismiss is granted, will the state legislature perhaps reconsider the state law and begin to hold state agencies more accountable?

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