![]() ![]() The lawsuit also alleges that GitHub “ encourages (at least) friendly hacking.” “ GitHub had an obligation, under California law, to keep off (or to remove from) its site Social Security numbers and other Personal Information,” the lawsuit further mentions.Īccording to Newsweek, GitHub also violated the federal Wiretap Act, “which permits civil recovery for those whose ‘wire, oral, or electronic communication’ has been ‘intercepted, disclosed, or intentionally used’ in violation of, inter alia, the Wiretap Act.”Ī GitHub spokesperson told Newsweek, “GitHub promptly investigates content, once it’s reported to us, and removes anything that violates our Terms of Service.” “The file posted on GitHub in this incident did not contain any Social Security numbers, bank account information, or any other reportedly stolen personal information. ![]() They “ criticized Capital One for not taking action to respond to the breach until last month,” The Hill reports. The law firm also alleged that with the help of computer logs, Capital One should have known about the data breach when the information was first stolen in March. Thompson, the alleged hacker stole the data in March, posted about the theft on GitHub in April.Īccording to the lawsuit, “ As a result of GitHub’s failure to monitor, remove, or otherwise recognize and act upon obviously-hacked data that was displayed, disclosed, and used on or by GitHub and its website, the Personal Information sat on for nearly three months.” Both plaintiffs claim Capital One and GitHub were unable to protect user’s personal data. Last week, the law firm Tycko & Zavareei LLP filed a lawsuit in California’s federal district court on behalf of their plaintiffs Seth Zielicke and Aimee Aballo. Capital One and GitHub sued in California A week after the breach, not only Capital One, but GitHub and Amazon are also facing scrutiny for their inadvertent role in the breach. ![]() Last week, Capital One revealed it was subject to a major data breach due to a configuration vulnerability in its firewall to access its Amazon S3 database, affecting 106 million users in the US and Canada. ![]()
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