Settlement Of Employees’ Suit Over Seagate Phishing Event Preliminarily Approved

Mealey's (October 23, 2017, 4:14 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In an Oct. 19 ruling, a California federal judge granted a motion by a group of Seagate Technology LLC employees to preliminarily approve an agreement settling contract and negligence claims against the company stemming from a 2016 phishing incident that exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of thousands of employees (Everett Castillo, et al. v. Seagate Technology LLC, No. 3:16-cv-01958, N.D. Calif.)....