US judge says that Yahoo must face lawsuits over data breaches
A US court has ruled that lawsuits against Yahoo concerning a pair of massive hacks can move forward, according to Reuters.
The lawsuit concerns two major breaches: one that occurred in 2013 that impacted more than a billion users, and another in late 2014 that affected at least 500 million accounts. in December, a judicial panel consolidated five putative class action suits that sought to represent account holders who had e-mails, passwords, and other sensitive information compromised.
Yahoo sought to dismiss the lawsuit, saying that victims didn’t have the legal standing to bring the case, an assertion that US District Judge Lucy Koh rejected. In her decision, she wrote that “All plaintiffs have alleged a risk of future identity…
