#Databreaches in the US can get very costly because of lawsuits, class actions, and franchisee lawsuits.

In one of the rarer cases to date, operators of hotel brands owned by #InterContinental Hotels Group say they suffered lost sales and other damages after a September cyberattack led to an outage of the company's central reservation system. Now franchisees are suing IHG to recover some of the losses.

Consumer class-actions are common after data breaches at big companies but franchisee suits are rare. This IHG case highlights how contracts between business partners play into liability issues related to cyber incidents. (By WSJ #Cybersecurity): https://www.wsj.com/articles/intercontinental-hotels-seeks-to-dismiss-franchisee-lawsuit-over-cyberattack-11675876605 | #CostofaDataBreach #infosec