Izzy Kapnick reports: A $380 million settlement over the 2017 Equifax data breach is hanging in the balance in the 11th Circuit, where a tort-reform attorney argued Tuesday that the deal unfairly lumped all plaintiffs into a single class. During the cantankerous appellate hearing, a three-judge panel weighed whether to preserve the historic settlement arising…
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In: Domino’s Data Breach In India: Jubliant FoodWorks Denies Financial Data Leak
Shloak Prabhu reports: Domino’s India, which is owned by Jubilant FoodWorks has apparently fallen victim to a massive data leak. Hackers have reportedly published crucial data on the dark web. The data contains details of lakhs of Domino’s India customers and employees. As per reports, sensitive customer data like names, phone numbers, and credit card…
Codecov discloses 2.5-month-long supply chain attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Codecov, a software company that provides code testing and code statistics solutions, disclosed on Thursday a major security breach after a threat actor managed to breach its platform and add a credentials harvester to one of its tools. The impacted product is named Bash Uploader and allows Codecov customers to submit code coverage reports…
“Without Undue Delay,” Saturday edition: D.C.’s Planned Parenthood reports data was breached last fall
Brittany Renee Mayes reports: Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., on Friday revealed it had a breach of patient information last fall. In a notice posted to its website, the organization revealed that it found “unusual” activity on its networks on Sept. 3. At that time, it began securing its systems, started an investigation and…
Presidio Employee Files Class Action Over Data Breach
Kathryn M. Rattigan of Robinson + Cole writes: North American IT company Presidio faces a proposed data breach class action by an employee for an incident involving employee data. Eric LaPrairie, a former Presidio employee, received a notice of a data breach from Presidio, and about a month later found out that he was the…
Gay dating site Manhunt hacked, thousands of accounts stolen
Zack Whittaker reports: Manhunt, a gay dating app that claims to have 6 million male members, has confirmed it was hit by a data breach in February after a hacker gained access to the company’s accounts database. In a notice filed with the Washington attorney general’s office, Manhunt said the hacker “gained access to a database that…