Firm's Contract Claim Against Web Host For Ransomware Attack Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (September 15, 2020, 1:26 PM EDT) -- PORT HURON, Mich. — Partly denying a motion to dismiss by a web hosting company, a Michigan federal judge on Sept. 9 found that one of its clients sufficiently alleged a breach of contract claim related to a ransomware attack that destroyed much of its hosted data (Grifo & Company PLLC v. Cloud X Partners Holdings LLC, No. 3:20-cv-10858, E.D. Mich., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164314)....