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Progress, users beat some US claims in MOVEit case but are on the hook for negligence

By Maria Dinzeo ( August 1, 2025, 00:22 GMT | Insight) -- A US federal judge narrowed sprawling data-breach litigation stemming from a major cyberattack on MOVEit file-transfer software, but allowed key negligence claims to proceed against its developer, Progress Software, as well as four bellwether user groups and their clients.A federal judge substantially pared down massive data-breach litigation brought by victims of a devastating cyberattack against file-transfer software MOVEit, but left intact key claims for negligence against maker Progress Software and four core groups of direct users of the software and their clients....

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