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Davidson Cos. Sued for Negligence in Data Breach

Tim Wilson writes on Dark Reading:

Security pros, take heed: If you don't do your job, you may not only be fired -- you may end up in court.

A Billings, Mont., law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against Davidson Companies, claiming the company was negligent when it allowed a hacker to penetrate its systems, resulting in a data security breach and the exposure of some 226,000 customer records, according to a report.

The breach, which was revealed in January, occurred when a hacker broke into a Davidson Companies database and obtained the names and Social Security numbers of virtually all of the Montana-based financial services company's clients. Details on how the hacker accessed the database weren't published.

posted by Fergie @ 4/02/2008 09:54:00 AM