Deloitte’s $4.95 Million Website Weakness Deal Wins Initial Nod

Deloitte Consulting LLP’s $4.95 million deal to resolve claims that websites it designed for state employment agencies in Illinois, Ohio, and Colorado were unreasonably vulnerable to security breaches has won preliminary approval.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Lewis J. Liman signed off on the proposed settlement Aug. 27. The final fairness hearing is scheduled for January of next year.

If finally approved, the settlement will release claims for 237,675 people who, between roughly May 18, 2020, and May 21, 2020, received letters notifying them that personal information they supplied to claim pandemic-related unemployment assistance ...