Melanie A. Conroy of Pierce Atwood LLP writes: In a recent blog post, we explained how Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC has become a touchstone for courts analyzing Article III standing in data breach class actions, citing Shea v. American International College as a recent example. This post explores the Shea decision in greater depth. On September 5, 2025, Judge Angel…
End of the game for cybercrime infrastructure: 1025 servers taken down
A welcome press release from Europol: Between 10 and 14 November 2025, the latest phase of Operation Endgame was coordinated from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. The actions targeted one of the biggest infostealers (Rhadamanthys), the Remote Access Trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium, all of which played a key role in international cybercrime. Authorities…
Doctor Alliance Data Breach: 353GB of Patient Files Allegedly Compromised, Ransom Demanded
On November 7, a relatively new user on a hacking forum offered data allegedly from Doctor Alliance for sale. According to the seller, there is 353 GB of data comprising 1,240,640 files. “Contact us on signal to negociate this ransom or all your data will be sold,” the seller warned. The ransom demand was listed…
St. Thomas Brushed Off Red Flags Before Dark-Web Data Dump Rocks Houston
Elliott Greene reports: Hundreds of thousands of University of St. Thomas files have appeared on the dark web after a summer cyberattack that shut down campus systems and key services. Students, faculty, and alumni say they’ve received little information as experts and law enforcement work to find out what data was stolen, as reported by Houston…
A Wiltshire police breach posed possible safety concerns for violent crime victims as well as prison officers
A scary breach showed up in my news search today. Jamie Singleton reports: On Saturday, November 8, the Telegraph reported Wiltshire Police had accidentally released sensitive information. The article reads: “These included the door codes to safe houses for victims of rape and sexual assault, codes to access systems where digital files of evidence are…
Amendment 13 is gamechanger on data security enforcement in Israel
Globes reports: A recent conference discussed Amendment 13 to Israel’s Privacy Protection Law and how organizations can address emerging risks associated with the deployment of advanced AI. During a recent privacy and data-security conference in Israel, industry leaders explored the implications of Amendment 13 to Israel’s Privacy Protection Law and discussed how organizations can address…