US companies sued over ransomware harms

Workers and consumers affected by the recent wave of ransomware attacks in the U.S. have begun filing lawsuits seeking damages from the incidents, The Washington Post reports. Colonial Pipeline and California-based hospital system Scripps Health are among companies being sued over insufficient cybersecurity measures that resulted in various forms of harm to individuals. Editor's note: IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball discussed all things ransomware with Ice Miller's Guillermo Christensen and Morrison & Foerster's Alex Iftimie.