MOVEit Data Breach Lawsuits Sent to Massachusetts Federal Court

More than 100 lawsuits arising from a cyberattack on Progress Software Corp.‘s MOVEit file transfer application will be consolidated in federal court in Massachusetts, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said.

Centralization of the lawsuits in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts will serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of the litigation, the panel said in a Wednesday order.

The consolidated litigation has been assigned to Judge Allison D. Burroughs.

All lawsuits can be expected to share factual questions arising from allegations that a vulnerability in ...