IBM Hit With Class Action Over MOVEit File-Transfer Data Breach

International Business Machines Corp. failed to protect the personal information of millions of people that was exposed in a data breach connected to a cyberattack on Progress Software Corp.‘s MOVEit file-transfer app, a proposed federal class action said.

Jennifer Wedeking alleged that IBM negligently chose to use the MOVEit software to handle the transfer of sensitive information even though the software contained significant security vulnerabilities, and despite being on notice that other file transfer programs have been subjected to criminal hacking in the past.

Information exposed in the breach included names, Social Security numbers, Medicaid and Medicare ID numbers, ...