Leidos Beats Backup Tapes Breach Class Action

Allegations that someone attempted to open a bank account in the plaintiff’s name and attempted to log into his e-mail accounts don’t support injuries fairly traceable to a data breach caused by a stolen backup data tapes, the Eastern District of California held (Fernandez v. Leidos, Inc., 2015 BL 279888, E.D. Cal., 2:14-cv-02247-GEB-KJN, 8/27/15).

Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted Aug. 28 Leidos Inc.'s motion to dismiss the putative class action filed by Martin Fernandez.

Because Fernandez waited three years after the data breach to file ...