DSW Entitled to $6.8M in Data Breach Involving 1.4M Cards

A 2005 data breach that exposed transaction information from 1.4 million credit cards entitles DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse to $6.8 million in insurance coverage, according to a recent federal appellate court ruling. The award was made despite the fact that the retailer had not suffered losses directly attributable to the theft. The insurance company, National Union, a unit of New York-based Chartis, had alleged in part that it was not obligated to provide coverage because DSW "had not sustained loss 'resulting directly from' the theft of the computer information," making it an uncovered "indirect loss."