[BreachExchange] Slickwraps slapped with class action lawsuit after data breach

[Destry Winant]

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/21/slickwraps-slapped-with-class-action-lawsuit-after-data-breach/

Slickwraps, maker of customizable skins for phones, tablets,
computers, and other devices, was breached last month by a security
researcher. In the researcher's attempts to notify the company about
its security issues, a database of Slickwraps customer information
became public, and now Slickwraps is facing a class action lawsuit for
security negligence.

The suit, Almeida et al. v. Slickwraps Inc., was filed on March 12th
in California's Eastern District Court. It alleges that Slickwraps
"was well aware that it had lax data security measures and did
absolutely nothing to prevent the very kind of cyber security incident
that occurred." The filing also mentions that Slickwraps does not have
a privacy policy of any kind, which isn't entirely true — the privacy
policy is "Coming Soon."

Given that most courts and other government facilities are operating
in a limited capacity while the coronavirus outbreak remains a threat,
it's likely that this class action will be slow-moving. Still, it
would be nice to see the class action move forward — companies getting
away with massive data breaches with little more than a slap on the
wrist (if that) is all too common.