Advance Auto, Neiman Marcus Settle Snowflake Data Breach Suits

Advance Auto Parts Inc. will pay $10 million and Neiman Marcus Group LLC will pay $3.5 million to settle allegations they negligently failed to protect consumers’ and employees’ sensitive information that was exposed in data breaches related to Snowflake Inc.'s cloud-storage platform.

Judge Brian Morris of the US District Court for the District of Montana gave final approval to the settlements in separate orders Thursday.

Snowflake and hundreds of its clients were hit with a wave of lawsuits in 2024 in federal courts around the country after cybercriminals breached Snowflake’s cloud platform and stole the personal information of more than ...