Orrick Herrington Hit with Another Lawsuit from Hacker Attack

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP was sued Monday for a second time arising from a springtime data breach that allegedly allowed personal information including Social Security numbers of nearly 153,000 individuals to be accessed.

The US District Court for the Northern District of California lawsuit said hackers on March 13 “infiltrated and accessed the inadequately protected computer systems” of the international law firm and “stole the sensitive personal information” of over 152,818 people, including names, addresses, and birth dates.

“In short, thanks to Defendant’s failure to protect the Breach Victims’ Personal Information, cyber criminals were able to steal everything they ...