Meta MITM IAAP SSL bump: Zuck ordered “Project Ghostbusters”—with criminal consequences, says class action lawsuit.

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Can a company be sued for reporting a data breach in which the data was never used and destroyed? In May, cloud provider Blackbaud was the victim of a ransomware attack designed to lock it out of accessing its own data and servers. The company notified law enforcement, used its own cybersecurity team and hired..

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Companies with data breach litigation waivers may find those waivers used against them by savvy law firms In her 1969 book, “On Death and Dying,” Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described the five stages of grief and loss: Denial and isolation Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance They’re not too different from the stages of data breach response. First, deny..

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The U.S. Supreme Court may decide whether you can act on that “Dear valued customer, we regret to inform you that your data may have been compromised …” letter or e-mail with an individual or class action lawsuit. Right now, courts around the country disagree whether the fact of a data breach itself is a..

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