Gary Mason

Data breach litigation in early 2026 shows a shift in how courts and plaintiffs approach large-scale privacy incidents. Instead of focusing only on how a breach happened, many cases now examine how long risks persisted and what steps were taken once problems surfaced. Two matters illustrate those trends from different angles. One involves consumer credit […]

Data privacy issues can feel abstract until a notice or deadline makes them real. January 2026 included several developments with nationwide reach, including major settlements and class actions. At Mason LLP, attorneys track these cases because they shape how courts evaluate data privacy harms and what relief may be available to consumers. If a privacy

Healthcare data breaches are no longer isolated events. When they happen now, they tend to spill outward, affecting people across state lines and pulling entire industries into the fallout. The January 2026 class actions against Cognizant reflect that reality and raise issues attorneys should be watching closely. At Mason LLP, attorneys regularly evaluate large-scale breaches

The Congressional Budget Office confirmed a cybersecurity breach in early November 2025. Investigators believe a foreign actor may have accessed email communication between the CBO and congressional offices. While the CBO doesn’t store large volumes of personal financial information, this type of breach still matters. If a government system exposes your data or creates risk

DoorDash confirmed in late October 2025 that an employee was targeted in a social engineering scam, giving an attacker access to certain user contact information. The accessed data included names, phone numbers, email addresses, and physical addresses. While the company reported that sensitive financial and government ID information was not exposed, contact data alone can

A massive data breach at Netcore Cloud exposed more than 40 billion records, leaving people’s personal information and employment data exposed. The unsecured 13.4 TB database contained email logs, healthcare messages, partial banking data, and IP addresses. A cybersecurity researcher noted that the database lacked encryption or password protection, raising serious privacy, compliance, and security

Data breaches affect every part of the health care system, including small and mid-sized practices. Patient files contain information that can be misused for identity theft, insurance fraud, and financial schemes. These records often include a person’s name, Social Security number, insurance details, and treatment history, which makes them valuable targets for cybercriminals. Many patients

Patients in 10 states may have had sensitive personal medical information compromised in a massive data breach at SimonMed Imaging, one of the largest medical-imaging providers in the country. The Arizona-based company has a network of more than 170 medical imaging centers nationwide. Notifications were sent to affected patients in October 2025, more than 8

A data breach involving a third-party cloud provider has compromised personal information for most of Allianz Life’s 1.4 million U.S. customers. The Minneapolis-based insurer confirmed that a “malicious threat actor” accessed data through a vendor system on July 16, 2025, using a social engineering attack. Although Allianz Life’s internal systems were not directly breached, the

A security researcher revealed that 270,000 Intel employees’ records were exposed through a flaw in an internal business-card website. The issue, dubbed “Intel Outside,” allowed anyone with minimal technical skill to download a massive JSON file of employee data, including names, roles, phone numbers, and office addresses. At Mason LLP, our data breach lawyers represent