Strautins v. Trustwave Holdings, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

John' J. Tharp, Jr., United States District Judge

In late 2012, a hacker launched a cyber-attack on the South Carolina Department of Revenue (“SCDOR”). In their initial disclosure of the attack, state officials announced that approximately 3.6 million Social Security numbers, 387,000 credit and debit card numbers, and tax records for 657,000 businesses had been exposed. Media reports called it potentially “the largest cyber-attack ever on a state government,” putting “other states on high alert.”1

*873Before the Court is a class action suit asserting claims arising from…