Oracle faces Texas-sized lawsuit over alleged cloud snafu and radio silence

Specialist class action lawyers have launched proceedings against Oracle in Texas over two alleged data breaches. Floridian Michael Toikach is the named plaintiff in law firm Shamis & Gentile's class action against the cloud giant, which is seeking to represent others who are similarly affected. Lawyers demanded a jury trial …

[Anonymous Coward]

Same old... same old...

Of course they take your privacy very seriously and will offer credit-monitoring etc... etc... etc...

I really hope they win, but it will probably be settled so the next time Oracle's lawyers can keep claiming they've never been convicted of any wrongdoing...

[Jellied Eel]

Re: Same old... same old...

Of course they take your privacy very seriously and will offer credit-monitoring etc... etc... etc..

If only they took privacy and security as seriously as they do licensing, Oracle wouldn't be in this mess.

[steviesteveo]

Re: Same old... same old...

"and paid the amounts that he did if he had known that his private information would be maintained using inadequate data security systems"

And that suit is not shy about the cost of those licenses

That's the key promise behind all these fusion reimplementations - it'll be tough and scary but at the end the new software's the business

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Same old... same old...

Never convicted of any wrongdoing (classic only).

[TVU]

Well, this makes a refreshing change - customers suing Oracle and not the other way round.

[Homo.Sapien.Floridanus]

12 angry commentards...

Judge: You may ask your questions to the potential jury pool.

Defense: Is anybody here an El Reg commenter? [no hands up]. Oh, thank goodness!

[Pascal Monett]

And so it starts

I was wondering how long it would take before lawsuits started flying.

Apparently, it took 8 days.

Lawyers are of the efficient kind, especially when they smell blood in the water.

[UnknownUnknown]

Re: And so it starts

Oracle aren’t shy of legal threats over licensing - which they take far more seriously than security it seems.

[Decay]

Re: And so it starts

Not sure why you got a downvote for that comment, anyone anywhere who has dealt with Oracle licensing knows how aggressive they are when it comes to that. Like "Nice data environment you have there, shame if anything happened to it" aggressive.