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Data Privacy,
Civil Litigation

Apr. 28, 2021

Robinhood security breach case moves forward

Robinhood has denied that it’s network was compromised. It’s maintained that the company is not liable because cyber criminals individually hacked the accounts of users by exploiting vulnerabilities in their login credentials.

A magistrate judge in San Francisco refused on Tuesday to dismiss a class action accusing online trading platform Robinhood of failing to maintain adequate security measures.

The judge found there may have been a security breach that allowed thousands of accounts to be hacked and looted.

Robinhood has denied that it's network was compromised. It's maintained that the company is not liable because c...

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