United States:
States Take Investigative And Enforcement Actions Following Data Breach
28 November 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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- On September 8, the Illinois Attorney
General announced an investigation into the data breach of a
consumer reporting agency. Since then, nearly 40 states have joined
the probe.
- On September 19, the Massachusetts
Attorney General filed the nation's first enforcement action against the consumer
reporting agency, alleging that it failed to protect sensitive and
personal information of nearly three million Massachusetts
residents. The complaint alleges that, between at least March 7
through July 30, the agency left sensitive and private consumer
information exposed to intruders by relying on certain computer
codes that it knew or should have known were vulnerable to
exploitation.
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