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CareFirst escapes most legal claims from data breach after federal judge finds no actual injury

By Amy Miller ( January 30, 2019, 22:54 GMT | Insight) -- Health insurer CareFirst has escaped most of the legal claims filed by customers after a 2014 data breach affecting more than 1 million individuals, a federal judge in Washington DC has found. US District Judge Christopher Cooper found once again that CareFirst customers had not alleged any actual injury from the breach, and that the risk of future identity theft wasn't enough to let their claims move forward in federal court.Health insurer CareFirst has escaped most of the legal claims filed by customers after a 2014 data breach affecting more than 1 million individuals, a federal judge in Washington, DC, found Wednesday....

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