Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Third-party Snowflake-related data breach
Everpure was affected by a third-party breach and extortion attempt connected with the Snowflake data platform. The incident involved theft of some customer and internal-system information. The investigation reported that customer personally identifiable information was not compromised. The company was affected by a breach involving the Snowflake data platform. The supplied reference says that certain customer and internal-system information was stolen, while an investigation found that customer personally identifiable information was not compromised.
2013
EMC intellectual-property litigation
Pure Storage and EMC became involved in litigation concerning alleged trade-secret theft, patent infringement and related conduct involving former EMC employees. The dispute continued through multiple court proceedings and was ultimately resolved by a settlement in 2016. Pure Storage and EMC became involved in litigation concerning alleged trade-secret theft, patent infringement and related conduct involving former EMC employees, as well as counterclaims involving the alleged reverse engineering of a storage appliance. The dispute continued through multiple court proceedings, and the parties ultimately reached a $30 million settlement in 2016 that ended the remaining claims.