Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Alex W. Karasik, and George J. Schaller of Duane Morris write: In Steinmetz et al. v. Brinker International, Inc., No. 21-13146, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 17539 (11th Cir. July 11, 2023), the Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court’s order certifying a nationwide class and California-only class in a data breach case. In so…
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Kr: PIPC Sanctions LG U+ Telecom, Imposes Administrative Penalty of $5.3 Million for Breach Along with Corrective Orders
Press Release July 12, 2023 (This is an unofficial translation of a press release, originally prepared in Korean.) On July 12, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) held a plenary meeting and reached a decision to impose an administrative penalty of KRW 6.8 billion (USD 5.3 million) and an administrative fine of KRW 27 million…
Payroll Services Provider UKG Agrees to $6 Million Settlement in Data-Breach Lawsuit
James Rundle reports: Payroll services provider UKG has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a cyberattack in 2021, capping a significant piece of litigation that emerged from the incident. A ransomware strike in December 2021 forced parts of UKG’s Kronos Private Cloud product offline, disrupting software that tracked employee hours during the Christmas holiday period….
UK: ‘Just a slap on the wrist’ for Gloucester council data breach which saw people’s data fall into hands of criminals
Carmelo Garcia reports: After months of chaos which saw data fall into the hands of cyber criminals from Russia who hacked into Gloucester City Council, the authority will “just get a slap on the wrist”. The authority was targeted by hackers in late 2021 and public services across Gloucester were severely disrupted during the following year. The…
UK: Sex abuse victim’s details could be among hundreds revealed by data breach
Bradley Jolly reports: A sex abuse survivor is one of “around 400” victims of a “chilling” data breach, it tonight has emerged. The London Mayor’s Office blunder, currently under investigation, involves complaints about policing in the capital being made wrongly accessible via an official website. The survivor of sexual abuse has described her distress tonight. The probe centres…
Hillsborough notifies 70,000 of potential data breach in health, aging services
C. T. Bowen reports: Hillsborough County has notified more than 70,000 people that a global data breach may have put their personal information at risk. The breach involved the MOVEit file transfer tool, a third-party service that complies with federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. The breach also may have affected 106…