Western District Court of NC Appoints CSK&D Partner Beena McDonald to Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in the Octapharma Data Breach Litigation

On August 15, 2024, the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina appointed Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP Partner Beena McDonald to the Executive Committee in the Octapharma Data Breach litigation.

The case alleges that a targeted cyberattack and data breach occurred on April 17, 2024, caused by Octapharma Plasma, Inc.’s inadequately protected computer systems, which resulted in unauthorized access to the personally-identifiable (“PII”) and protected health information (“PHI”) of thousands of individuals.