Bloomberg Law
Aug. 24, 2015, 4:25 PM UTC

Wyndham Must Face FTC Suit Over Failure to Stop Hackers

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By Sophia Pearson, Bloomberg News

In a case testing regulators’ authority to police companies’ cybersecurity practices, a U.S. appeals court said Wyndham Worldwide Corp. must defend a suit in which it’s accused of failing to secure its computers from Russian hackers.

The court in Philadelphia Monday rejected the hotel chain’s bid to end the Federal Trade Commission case.

Wyndham argued at a March 3 hearing that the company, itself a victim, was being penalized unfairly. The FTC says it has the power to bring enforcement actions against companies it believes failed to take reasonable steps to prevent breaches.

Wyndham argued ...

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