While cyberattacks and the litigation that stems from them are growing concerns, companies can sometimes escape the legal thicket as courts increasingly are open to dismissing data breach cases, Hogan Lovell lawyers said during a podcast Monday.
A study by cybersecurity company NordVPN found that Americans have “a surprisingly optimistic outlook about their digital privacy despite concerning rates of personal information leakage.” According to the survey, released Tuesday, 52% of respondents believe their personal data hasn't been compromised, but nearly as many, 46%, have never verified whether it has.
Data breaches can “haunt businesses for years,” they're "rarely one-and-done,” said Bricker Graydon lawyer Nancy Magoteaux in a blog post Thursday.
Lynch Carpenter is investigating recent Discord and WestJet data breaches on behalf of potential victims, the law firm said Friday.
Toys "R" Us Canada notified individuals Thursday of a data breach that may have compromised the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers.
Financial institutions should note the final set of New York state cybersecurity requirements taking effect Nov. 1, Hogan Lovells attorneys blogged Wednesday.
More than 53,000 passwords owned by federal and state government employees have been shared on the dark web and other public platforms since 2024, NordPass said in a study released Tuesday.
Higher education institutions face new data security challenges, including increased “global regulatory requirements on data privacy,” JacksonLewis attorneys blogged Friday.
Around 70,000 global users of Discord may have had their government ID photos exposed in the Sept. 20 data breach, said Discord in an update Wednesday. The company notified stakeholders of the breach Oct. 3. Meanwhile, Texas said Thursday it's expanding a probe of Discord.
Canada-based WestJet Airlines may have suffered a breach that leaked the sensitive information of more than 1 million customers, a law firm investigating the incident said Thursday. Multiple states also recently reported the breach.