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Class-Actions Feb 8, 2017

Yahoo Hit With Data-Breach Class-Action Lawsuit Claiming Credit-Card Details Stolen

In a claim that appears to contradict Yahoo’s public statements on two record-setting breaches of users’ personal data, a Texas insurance agent is alleging in a just-filed class-action lawsuit that his credit card data was stolen in the hacks, leading to fraudulent charges. Brian Neff, who owns an online insurance company based in Little Elm, Texas, said in the suit he paid Yahoo for web …

Class-Actions Apr 29, 2016

Wendy’s Faces Class Action Suit Over Data Breach

Hackers broke into Wendy’s computer systems and stole data from potentially millions of cards used at its restaurants between 22 October 2015 and 10 March 2016. Now, according to the Courthouse News Service, Pittsburgh-based First Choice Federal Credit Union has filed a suit on behalf of banks with affected customers claiming that the burger chain “refused to take steps to adequately protect …