IN RE: GE/CBPS DATA BREACH LITIGATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK In re 20 Civ. 2903 (KPF) GE/CBPS DATA BREACH LITIGATION OPINION AND ORDER KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge: A breach in early 2020 (the “Data Breach”) of an email account maintained by Defendant Canon Business Process Services, Inc. (“Canon”) resulted in an unauthorized third party gaining access to personally identifiable information (“PII”) of current and former employees of Defendant General Electric Company (“GE,” and collectively with Canon, “Defendants”) and their beneficiaries. Canon maintained this information as a…