There are also pending settlements with Flagstar Bancorp Inc and Health Net LLC, a subsidiary of managed care company Centene Corp, the plaintiffs' lawyers said.Ī representative for Accellion (which rebranded in October 2021 to Kiteworks), said the company doesn't comment on litigation. Supermarket chain Kroger Co has agreed to a $5 million settlement, which has received preliminary court approval. The current settlement would resolve claims only against Accellion, but there are pending agreements in cases against several Accellion clients over the incident, according to the Wednesday filing. The proposed class, millions of individuals whose data was stored by companies that used Accellion's file transfer product, in a recently amended complaint said information including names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, medical and drivers' license information was exposed. The data breach impacted a variety of Accellion clients, including law firms Jones Day and Goodwin Procter. The Palo Alto-based tech company faced claims that it failed to properly secure sensitive personal information of millions of individuals after hackers exploited a vulnerability in Accellion's platform, according to a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement, filed by the plaintiffs' lawyers on Wednesday. (Reuters) - Accellion Inc has reached an $8.1 million deal with a proposed nationwide class to end litigation over a breach of its legacy file transfer product, a platform that allowed companies to securely share large or sensitive files, according to settlement papers filed in California federal court. Settlement resolves claims against Accellion, other deals with certain clients also pending.Data breach affected the tech company's clients including retailer Kroger and law firm Jones Day.
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