Only TransUnion Cases Set to Merge Over Salesforce Data Breach

Recent data breach lawsuits stemming from social engineering attacks against Salesforce databases won’t be consolidated, except for complaints filed against TransUnion set for federal Illinois court.

The still-disparate Salesforce data breach suits allege separate attacks where different facts will emerge for each event. “Most of the complaints do not mention Salesforce, let alone allege that a common vulnerability in the Salesforce platform was a crucial factor in each data breach,” according to the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

• Some of the Salesforce customers—Allianz and Farmers Insurance—are competitors, so consolidation could also raise privacy and trade secret concerns, according to ...