Cloud storage platform Snowflake is facing a surge of federal lawsuits following a significant data breach affecting over 165 organizations and their customers. In August, at least 15 class action complaints were filed in states such as Montana, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and California. These lawsuits allege that the Bozeman, Montana-based company failed to protect personally identifiable information, leading to its exposure during a series of cyberattacks.
Snowflake, which provides data warehousing and processing services, controls a substantial 20% of the global web hosting market. James Pizzirusso, a co-founder and partner at Hausfeld who is representing some of the plaintiffs, emphasized that Snowflake “should have taken extra precautions here given the sensitivity of the data that it hosted” and “the massive number of breaches that have been occurring in the last decade.” For more detailed information, visit the original article.