Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

More States Likely To Push Similar Legal Claims Against Change Healthcare and UHGUnitedHealth Group is facing scores of proposed class action lawsuits involving the massively disruptive cyberattack and mega data breach at its Change Healthcare IT services unit this year. But now the company faces the first in what will likely be many more lawsuits by state attorneys general.

Proposed Class Action Claim Is Second Recent Case Tossed by Federal JudgesA second federal judge has recommended the dismissal of a second proposed class action lawsuit against Catholic hospital chain CommonSpirit over a 2022 cyberattack and data breach that affected nearly 624,000 people. Both judges said the plaintiffs failed to show how they were harmed by the breach.

Orrick Herrington Cyberattack Compromised Clients' Data, Affected Nearly 638,000A global law firm that provides data breach legal services has agreed to an $8 million settlement to resolve a proposed class action lawsuit filed against the firm in the aftermath of its cyberattack last year, which affected some health sector clients and nearly 638,000 individuals.

Proposed Class Action in Cyberattack Has Faced Many Legal Ups and Downs Since 2015A federal judge has ruled to certify a "contract class" of more than 1 million CareFirst customers in a class action lawsuit claiming that the health insurer breached its contractual obligations to safeguard their data, which was accessed by hackers in a 2014 cyberattack.