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Kroger reaches $5M settlement with Accellion breach victims, as Supreme Court defines ‘actual harm’

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Dissent

Jessica Davis reports: Kroger reached a $5 million lawsuit settlement with individuals impacted by a breach reported in February. The settlement was the third legal action tied to a health care data breach this week, shedding light on the rise in breach-related lawsuit trends in the sector in the last few years. Read more on…

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‘Shut down everything:’ Global Kaseya ransomware attack takes a small Maryland town offline

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Dissent

Chris Velazco and Rachel Lerman report: It was just after 12:30 p.m. on the Friday before the Fourth of July holiday when a warning popped up on Laschelle McKay’s computer screen. McKay, the town administrator for Leonardtown, Md., didn’t even have time to read the whole message before it disappeared and her computer froze. “Everything…

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Volkswagen and Audi Hit with Data Breach Class Action

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Dissent

Kathryn Rattigan of Robinson + Cole writes that a two-year data leak by a vendor has resulted in a lawsuit: This week, Volkswagen AG’s U.S. entity and its Audi brand were hit with a class action for a data breach that allegedly compromised 3.3 million consumers’ personal information. In the U.S. District Court for the…

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Major Swedish supermarket chain hit by cyberattack

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Dissent

AFP reports: One of Sweden’s biggest supermarket chains said Saturday it had to temporarily close around 800 stores nationwide after a cyberattack blocked access to its checkouts. “One of our subcontractors was hit by a digital attack, and that’s why our checkouts aren’t working any more,” Coop Sweden, which accounts for around 20 percent of…

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Blackbaud must face data breach claims over 2020 ransomware attack

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Dissent

Sara Merken reports: (Reuters) – A South Carolina federal judge is allowing multidistrict data breach litigation against software company Blackbaud Inc to go forward, finding the plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged standing to keep the case on track. The Thursday decision from U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs in Columbia comes in litigation against Charleston-based Blackbaud, which was…

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Mercedes-Benz data breach exposes SSNs, credit card numbers

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Dissent

Ax Sharma reports: Mercedes-Benz USA has just disclosed a data breach impacting some of its customers. The company assessed 1.6 million customer records which included customer names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and some purchased vehicle information to determine the impact. It appears the data breach exposed credit card information, social security numbers, and driver license numbers of…

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