New York Sues Dunkin' for Not Protecting Customers from Cyberattack

The parent of Dunkin’ Donuts was sued by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who accused the chain of failing to protect hundreds of thousands of customers whose accounts were targeted in a series of “brute force” cyberattacks. James said Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc did nothing in 2015 to protect 19,715 customers whose accounts had been targeted in a single five-day period, after learning about the problem from its own app developer.

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