Verizon Stuck With Data Breach Class Suit Brought by Businesses

Verizon Communications Inc. must face some claims in a data breach lawsuit brought by a business customer that said its account had been compromised .

Los Gatos-Saratoga Community Education and Recreation said that after a email bombing campaign, its monthly business account bill increased from around $400 on average to over $4,000, and it learned that someone made unauthorized device purchases with its account.

Los Gatos-Saratoga sufficiently stated claims for negligence and breach of implied contract, as well as under California’s Unfair Competition Law, Judge J. Paul Oetken said for the US District Court for the Southern District of New ...