Baton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EDWARD BATON, et al., Case No. 21-cv-02470-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS'

MOTIONS TO DISMISS

LEDGER SAS, et al., Defendants. Docket Nos. 153, 154

12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs are customers who purchased a Ledger SAS hardware wallet to protect their cryptocurrency assets. Ledger’s hardware wallets store customer’s “private keys” for their crypto- assets. TAC ¶ 2. The private keys are similar to a bank-account password in that the private key can be used to allow an individual to transfer their crypto-assets. See id. In 2020, Ledger’s customer database was hacked, and Plaintiffs’ personal identifying information (“PII”) was accessed by hackers. Plaintiffs bring a putative class action seeking redress for harms they allegedly suffered stemming from the data breach. See Docket No. 151 (Third Amended Complaint or “TAC”). The data breach…