US judge approves $9.95 million data breach settlement with National Student Clearinghouse
( May 13, 2025, 20:01 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A US federal judge today granted final approval to a $9.95 million settlement with educational reporting nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse, a victim of the 2023 data breach of the MOVEit enterprise file transfer software made by Progress Software Corp. Plaintiffs had alleged that NSC failed to implement adequate security to protect the Social Security numbers of 1.5 million people that were stolen in that breach. See attached order....
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