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Oct-24-14 Minneapolis, MN It may have been one of the largest data breach events in US history, with millions of consumers affected. However, retail juggernaut Target Corporation (Target) has let it be known that it plans to aggressively fight any allegation that it dropped the ball in terms of security protocols, and its recent stance with banks and other finan... - Target CEO Steps Down in Wake of Data Breach
May-11-14 Minneapolis, MN It’s fitting, in a way, that on Mother’s Day we’re highlighting one of the mothers of all data breaches, and the fallout that recently occurred with the resignation of Target Corporation’s Chief and CEO. A data breach is a serious compromise of security that can put sensitive data into the hands of criminals. ... - The Home Depot Inc. Seeks to Have Data Breach Lawsuit Dismissed
Nov-13-15 Atlanta, GA: As data breaches prove a continuing threat in an increasingly fluid online world where everyone has a presence, previous data breaches having resulted in lawsuits are duking it out in the nation’s courts. To that end, a sizable putative class of banks currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Home Depot over a massive data breach from 2014 i... - Data Breach Complaints on the Rise
May-11-16 Washington, DC: A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows that data breach complaints are on the rise. In the report, Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book (2/16), the FTC notes that complaints about identity theft increased 47 percent in 2015, likely helped by a number of high-profile data breaches. Consumers have filed lawsuits again... - AT&T to Pay $25M to Settle Massive Data Breach Lawsuit
New York, NY: AT&T will pay $25 million to resolve claims the phone carrier failed to adequately safeguard personal data of approximately 300,000 customers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the settlement of its data breach lawsuit this week. The data was stolen from call centers in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines. ... - Equifax Breach Led to Real Life Problems says Class Action
Oct-27-17 Atlanta, GA: Lead plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit filed in US District Court in Atlanta claim it was the Equifax breach between May and July 2017 that led to real life problems after their personal and private information was snatched from the credit reporting agency’s data bank and then allegedly used by criminals for illegal purposes. ... - More Patient Information Reportedly Compromised
Sep-6-15 Los Angeles, CA Concerns continue to grow in the wake of the UCLA data breach that UCLA isn’t taking the security of personal information seriously enough. More than 4.5 million patients may have been affected by the data breach, which could have occurred as early as September 2014. Now, patients are learning that a computer with personal informa... - Aetna to Pay $17M in HIV Data Theft Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Cruz, CA: A $17,161,200 settlement, affecting some 12,000 insurance beneficiaries, has been reached in a data theft class action lawsuit against Aetna. The plaintiffs allege that Aetna, through their negligence, exposed private information on clients’ HIV status. The complaint, filed six months after initial reports of the data breach... - Number of Data Breach Incidents Expected to Grow
Apr-28-14 Washington, DC If it seems as though everywhere you turn there’s more news about a huge data breach , you might not be far off. Recently, more information was released about the massive information breach from Michaels craft stores. Meanwhile, students at Iowa State University learned that their information may also have been taken. According to r... - Target Data Breach Now Thought to Affect 70 Million
Jan-10-14 New York, NY The computer virus that hit Target just before Christmas, appears to have affected more people than originally thought. The virus resulted in a data breach of names, home and e-mail addresses for as many as 70 million people, more than the original 40 million stated in December, although it’s believed there may be overlap between th... - TJX Customer Information Stolen in Security Breach
Feb-6-07 Boston, MA TJX Cos. is in hot water after a class action lawsuit was filed January 29th in response to a security breach at the company. The lawsuit alleges that TJX did not properly secure customer credit and debit card information and accuses the company of not alerting customers to the security breach for a month. The suit seeks compensation for d... - Michaels “Possible” Data Breach
Jan-25-14 Irving, TX With consumers still reeling from Target and Nieman-Marcus data breaches , Michaels, the biggest arts and crafts retailer in the US, says its computer system that processes payment cards may have suffered a “data security attack”. In a statement issued Saturday by the retailer's CEO Chuck Rubin, Michaels has learned of "possi... - What did Bayer know about Trasylol?
Dec-23-06 Washington, DC: In January, 2006, the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory for Trasylol , based on the serious health risks found in two studies, "A Propensity Score Case-Control Comparison of Aprotinin and Tranexamic Acid in High Transfusion Risk Cardiac Surgery," by Karkouti et al, in the Journal of Transfusion, and "The Risk Associated with Aprotinin in... - Zappos Reaches Data Breach Settlement with Nine States
Los Angeles, CA: Zappos.com Inc. has reached a settlement in a data breach class action filed by nine states. The clothing retailer announced a no-fault assurance of voluntary compliance settlement of enforcement actions related to the hacking which was made public in January 2012. The data hack affected 24 million customers, whose personal inform... - Sutter Medical Faces Class Action over Patient Data Breach
Los Angeles, CA: A privacy class-action lawsuit against Sutter Medical Foundation and Sutter Physician Services has been filed, alleging the medical provider did not properly safeguard medical information for more than 4 million of its patients affected by the mid-October theft of a computer from the Sutter Medical Foundation headquarters. The suit was... - More Stores Affected in Target Data Breach; Lawsuits Investigated
Jan-19-14 New York, NY At least five stores have been hit by the same group believed to be responsible for the Target data breach that reportedly exposed the personal information of approximately 100 million consumers. According to reports, the Target information breach occurred between November 27 and December 15, 2013. During that period, encrypted PIN data an... - Judge Gives Green Light to Pepsi and Kronos Settlement
Dec-21-22 New York, NY A New York federal judge in early December has granted preliminary approval of a $12.75 million settlement. The PepsiCo class action lawsuit alleges that Pepsi workers were not paid overtime and wages weren't timely or fully compensated for all hours worked during an outage with their Kronos timekeeping system. Along with Pepsi, the work... - Target Data Breach: Nearly 100 Million Consumers Affected
Jan-11-14 New York, NY The Target Data Breach, first believed to affect 70 million consumers, is now up to 100 million victims, making this cyber attack the country’s biggest data breach crime against a single retailer. A Target spokesperson announced January 10 that, in addition to the original 40 million customers hit by hackers, the personal informat... - Cyber Security Expert Says Employees Need to Stop Opening the Door to Strangers
Mar-18-15 New York, NY Another day, another huge data breach . The latest is Premera Blue Cross. The health insurer has just revealed it discovered in January that its data systems were hacked 10 months ago. The Pacific Northwest-based insurer says the breach could have exposed the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, mailing and e-mail addresses along wi... - Two New Data Breaches Put Consumer Information at Risk
Mar-10-15 Los Angeles, CA Two recent data breaches have once again put the spotlight on online security and the vulnerability of consumer information. In at least one case, data breach lawsuits have already been filed, alleging consumer information was not properly protected by the company attacked. Meanwhile, the list of companies who have had their consumer fi...