Comcast didn’t heed warnings from Citrix and “numerous other industry experts who were sounding the alarm” about the cloud computing company’s Citrix Bleed vulnerability in two of its network appliances that led to an October data breach, alleged a class action Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-00599) against the two companies in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The breach affected some 36 million Comcast Xfinity customers.
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Data promised to cryptocurrency platform Nemo under an agreement spanning 2013-2020 “was not delivered by XYZ as agreed,” alleged a breach of contract complaint Wednesday (docket 2:24-cv-00737) in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark. The suit names as defendants XYZ Financial Markets, QTrade Capital Partners, Barry Friedman, Llewellyn Jones, Derrick Kaiser, Jeffrey Sassoon and John and Jane Does 1-10. It also names ABC Corps. 1-10 as “fictitious and unknown” defendants.
Telecom services agent BB Telco (BBT) is suing one of its former sub-agents for “blatantly using” company resources to poach customers on behalf of a communication vendor while “simultaneously acting as a BBT representative,” said its fraud complaint Thursday (docket 7:24-cv-00042) in U.S. District Court for Southern Texas in McAllen.
PHE, owner of adult products website Adam & Eve, sends customers’ private and protected sexual information, plus their IP addresses, to Google Analytics without their consent, alleged a Jan. 3 privacy class action (docket 2:24-cv-01065) removed Wednesday from Los Angeles County Superior Court to U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
The operator of the NA Weather YouTube channel copied, downloaded and monetized videos belonging to Viral DRM in violation of YouTube and Google AdSense terms of service, alleged a copyright complaint Wednesday (docket 3:24-cv-00731) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
Ubee Interactive refused to honor its contractual obligation to “indemnify and hold harmless and defend” Charter for liability and defense costs arising from patent infringement claims brought by Entropic Communications, said a breach of contract complaint Wednesday (docket 4:24-cv-00199) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Missouri in St. Louis.
John Does stole an Apple email account that Keyvan Samini had controlled and used for more than 12 years, alleged his complaint Tuesday (docket 8:24-cv-00249) against Apple and John Does 1-10 in U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana. Samini alleges Apple has contributed to the harm he has suffered by not doing what it could within its "technological ability" to rectify the harm.
Similar class actions filed Tuesday vs. StubHub and SeatGeek by Levi & Korsinsky allege the online ticket purchase sites violated the New York Arts & Cultural Affairs Law by charging fulfillment and service fees that weren’t disclosed to plaintiffs, all New York residents, at the beginning of the purchase process.
Cyber thieves had eight days to exfiltrate confidential personally identifiable information (PII) of more than 4.4 million current and former patients of healthcare provider networks that use HealthEC’s technology services, said a class action Tuesday (docket 2:24-cv-00697) brought by six Tennessee plaintiffs in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark.
The parties in a privacy class action vs. NBCUniversal and Peacock TV haven't engaged in any settlement discussions and anticipate a five-day trial, they said in a joint letter and proposed scheduling order Monday (docket 1:23-cv-09433). They were submitted under a Jan. 22 order and notice of initial conference from U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick for Southern New York in Manhattan.