Data Breach

July 3, 2018 PDQ restaurants face a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the restaurant was negligent in protecting consumer data, leading to a months-long security breach.

June 14, 2018 A proposed class action claims the protected personal information of government employees was stolen in a data breach in early 2015 due to negligence on the part of the United States and several government agencies.

June 13, 2018 The Saks Off 5th parent company faces a lawsuit claiming it should have prevented a March 2018 data breach perpetrated by a notorious hacking group.

June 8, 2018 Hundreds of thousands of Delta customers may have been impacted by a September-October 2017 malware attack only made public in April 2018.

May 29, 2018 The plaintiff claims Brinker should be held responsible not only for the breach itself, but for failing to disclose the incident to customers in a timely manner.

May 16, 2018 A proposed class action suit has been filed against Under Armour over a data breach affecting roughly 150 million users of the company's 'MyFitnessPal' app.

May 15, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Allconnect, Inc. claiming the multichannel marketplace operator’s negligence resulted in a data breach that exposed employees’ personal information to hackers.

May 14, 2018 24/7, Inc., Best Buy and Delta Airlines face a lawsuit over their roles in a data breach not made public until more than six months after it took place.

May 11, 2018 Aptos, Inc. and Tempur Sealy International, Inc. have been named as defendants in a proposed class action that claims the companies’ negligence put their customers at risk of identity theft.

May 4, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Iowa Health System, Inc. (which does business as UnityPoint Health) over claims that the healthcare provider failed to protect patients’ medical information.

April 27, 2018 Uber faces a proposed class action lawsuit over allegedly sending consumers unsolicited and unwanted text messages.

April 11, 2018 A lawsuit claims Saks did too little in safeguarding the payment information of Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks OFF 5th and Lord & Taylor customers.

March 27, 2018 A new lawsuit claims Facebook violated CA law in failing to notify its users their data had been compromised by 'co-conspirators' as far back as 2014.

March 1, 2018 A case filed in Georgia seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages from Uber over its concealment of an October 2016 data breach.

February 12, 2018 The case claims Equifax and its directors overstepped federal securities laws governing financial reporting and the company's concealment of the data breach.

January 26, 2018 Intel and its CEO and CFO face a securities suit filed over a dip in stock prices that followed news of the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws.

January 26, 2018 The litigation continues against Uber and Raiser over the fallout from a 2016 data breach the companies covered up by paying the hackers $100k.

January 25, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Uber Technologies, Inc. over a security breach that reportedly compromised the private information of millions of the ride-sharing service’s drivers and customers.

January 8, 2018 Uber and Raiser simply cannot escape litigation over a 2016 data breach the ride-sharing service paid hackers to keep out of public view.

December 27, 2017 Lawsuits continue to be filed against Uber and Raiser over their handling of a 2016 data breach. This class action case comes to us from South Carolina.

December 19, 2017 Sonic Corporation is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges it failed to protect customers’ personally identifiable information from being stolen in a data breach.

November 29, 2017 Solera Holdings failed to put in place safety measures that could've prevented a 2016 data breach sparked by an email phishing scheme, a lawsuit claims.

November 29, 2017 A case filed in Pennsylvania seeks answers from the ride-hailing company about it's costly cover up of a 2016 data breach that compromised driver, rider data.

November 15, 2017 Sonic Corp. and 37 subsidiaries across Arizona have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the wake of a security breach the company announced in September 2017.

October 18, 2017 Three former employees of Lincare Holdings, Inc. have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company over claims that its negligence in protecting their personal information led to a data breach and the resulting risk of identity theft.

October 5, 2017 Sonic Corp. is on the receiving end of another proposed class action filed in the wake of its recently reported security breach, which was announced on September 26, 2017.

October 4, 2017 Another consumer has sued Sonic over how it handled a data breach of its payment systems that exposed around five million payment account numbers.

September 29, 2017 The drive-in fast food chain is facing a lawsuit over its alleged failure to protect customer payment information filed roughly a day after announcing the hack.

September 7, 2017 A contracted worker has sued Highpoint Solutions and its former HR manager in the wake of the latter's much-publicized theft of millions from the company.

August 17, 2017 A WI man claims Progressive Insurance and a law firm illegally disclosed consumers' driver's license numbers in violation of federal law.

July 26, 2017 A proposed class action claims State Farm failed in its duty to protect consumers' information after it was stolen in a data breach discovered in late-December 2016.

July 25, 2017 Premera Blue Cross is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it failed to prevent and adequately warn consumers of a 'massive' data breach and exposed their personal information to identity theft.

June 21, 2017 Deep Root Analytics, LLC, contracted in 2016 by the Republican National Committee (RNC) to collect voter data, is facing a lawsuit over the leak of 200M voter's data.

May 12, 2017 Seven individuals have put their names on a proposed class action over the fallout from a January 18, 2017 phishing attack against defendant Schurman Retail Group.

May 4, 2017 Bellweather Community Credit Union has filed a proposed class action in Colorado on behalf of credit unions, banks, and other financial institutions for damages that

April 28, 2017 A Tennessee consumer has filed a proposed class action against Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. over its allegedly botched handling of a months-long data breach.

March 22, 2017 Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. has been hit with another lawsuit following its reported data breach, this time on behalf of the restaurant's customers.

March 2, 2017 Fort McClellan Credit Union is the latest financial institution to file a proposed class action against Arby's over its handling of a massive data breach.

February 10, 2017 A proposed class action lawsuit filed by Midwest American Federal Credit Union hopes to take Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. to task after a months-long data breach.

December 14, 2016 A Georgia woman has filed a proposed class action against Yahoo for its alleged failure to properly safeguard users' personal information.

November 8, 2016 A class action has been filed in Florida against 21st Century Oncology Holdings, Inc. over a 2015 breach of its provider database.