A Seattle law firm is suing California company Accellion over a December data breach of its file-transfer service used by the Washington state auditor’s office, The Seattle Times reports. The suit, which seeks class-action status on behalf of 1 million people whose personal data was exposed, accuses Accellion of violating the Washington Consumer Protection Act. Meanwhile, a data breach of French cybersecurity firm Stormshield compromised client data and led to the theft of the source code for its security firewall.
Lawsuit filed following Washington state auditor data breach
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