Plaintiff Dismisses Class Action vs. College Involving MOVEIt Data Breach

Dominic Fiacco voluntarily dismissed without prejudice his negligence class action against the University of Rochester (docket 1:24-cv-10777), said Fiacco's notice Tuesday (docket 3083) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts. The action, part of In Re: MOVEIt Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, involved a May 2023 data breach at file transfer software company Progress Software. A University of Rochester student, the plaintiff alleged the college failed to safeguard and protect his and class members' confidential information under its control, including Social Security numbers and personal information "that can be used to perpetrate identity theft." In the event of future recovery in the action, “nothing in the foregoing shall prevent Dismissing Plaintiff from submitting a claim as an absent class member and/or from participating in any settlement or judgement as an absent class member,” said the notice.