Data Breach

January 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Coastal Cardiology P.C. of failing to properly protect the personal information of 71,227 patients from a “foreseeable” cyberattack reportedly discovered in mid-August 2022.

January 25, 2023 Twenty-one asylum seekers allege federal officials illegally published the private data of thousands in ICE custody on the agency’s public-facing website.

January 25, 2023 A class action alleges T-Mobile failed to exercise “reasonable care” in safeguarding the private information of millions of consumers from a data breach announced around January 20, 2023.

January 25, 2023 Wenco Management, LLC, a franchisee of the Wendy’s fast-food chain, faces a class action over a “highly foreseeable” data breach in late August 2022 that reportedly exposed thousands of employees’ personal information.

January 19, 2023 A proposed class action lawsuit accuses BetMGM of failing to adequately protect consumers’ personal data from a cyberattack in May 2022.

January 18, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses CommonSpirit Health of failing to protect patients’ personal information from a data breach that occurred between September and October 2022.

January 17, 2023 Samsung faces a class action lawsuit that claims the electronics company failed to protect consumers’ personal information from a cyberattack in early August 2022.

January 16, 2023 Twitter faces a class action that alleges an API "defect" allowed hackers to “scrape” the personal data of hundreds of millions of users.

January 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Steel River Systems, LLC of failing to protect consumers’ information from a “massive” data breach between May and July 2022.

January 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Hope College, a private liberal arts school in Michigan, of failing to protect students’ and employees’ personal data from a cyberattack in September 2022.

January 12, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Retreat at Lancaster County and Retreat Behavioral Health LLC of failing to protect patients’ personal information from a data breach in July 2022.

January 9, 2023 A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Everest Global Services, Inc. of failing to protect customers’ personal data from a cyberattack in August 2022.

December 20, 2022 Kentucky's Taylor Regional Hospital faces a proposed class action over a data breach that reportedly lasted from November 2021 to January 2022.

December 1, 2022 TransUnion faces a class action less than a month after disclosing that millions of customers’ files were accessed without authorization during a 2022 data breach.

November 29, 2022 Chegg faces a class action roughly a month after the FTC accused the company of “numerous cybersecurity lapses” that allegedly caused four data breaches between 2017 and 2020.

November 17, 2022 Choice Health Insurance faces a class action over its alleged failure to properly safeguard consumers’ sensitive information from a “foreseeable” May 2022 data breach.

November 14, 2022 A class action alleges Blackhawk Network is at fault for a “foreseeable” data breach that hit MyPrepaidCenter.com in September 2022, affecting thousands of consumers.

November 8, 2022 Community Loan Servicing faces a class action that alleges a data breach last year was caused by the company’s failure to implement reasonable cybersecurity procedures.

November 3, 2022 A class action alleges OakBend Medical Center maintained sensitive information in “a reckless manner” prior to a ransomware attack in September 2022.

November 1, 2022 The Savannah College of Art and Design faces a proposed class action in the wake of a “widespread” 2022 data breach.

October 7, 2022 Gifted Healthcare faces a proposed class action over a 2021 data breach during which the nationwide nurse staffing company’s email systems were hacked by unknown parties.

September 16, 2022 A class action alleges Buzzfeed has illegally shared HuffingtonPost.com subscribers’ identities and video viewing history with Facebook without consent.

August 30, 2022 Practice Resources, LLC faces a class action after the medical billing services provider was targeted by cybercriminals during an April 2022 data breach.

August 30, 2022 Nelnet Servicing faces a class action over a 2022 data breach affecting more than 2.5 million people who’ve taken out student loans with OSLA or EdFinancial.

August 16, 2022 Sixt Rent a Car faces a class action in the wake of a cyberattack that reportedly compromised the sensitive personal information of thousands of current and former employees.

July 19, 2022 LendingTree faces a class action over a 2022 cyberattack in which the company allegedly “lost control” over the highly sensitive personal information of more than 200,000 consumers.

July 19, 2022 Elephant Insurance Company and Apparent Insurance face a class action over a 2022 data breach in which the information of more than 2.7 million consumers was reportedly exposed.

July 13, 2022 Eye Care Leaders faces a proposed class action lawsuit over a December 2021 cyberattack in which “criminal hackers” were able to access the company’s myCare Identity medical record platform.

July 12, 2022 Lincare Holdings faces a proposed class action lawsuit over its alleged failure to safeguard certain sensitive information stored on its servers.

June 29, 2022 Inntopia has been hit with a proposed class action over a cyberattack that compromised the sensitive information of nearly 18,000 consumers.

June 29, 2022 Online pharmacy Capsule faces a class action in the wake of a data breach in which the information of more than 27,000 customers was reportedly exposed.

June 29, 2022 Numrich Gun Parts faces a class action over its alleged failure to safeguard the sensitive information of more than 45,000 online customers.

May 31, 2022 Illuminate Education, Inc. faces a class action after its PupilPath platform was hit by a data breach in early 2022 that reportedly impacted nearly two million students across five states.

May 31, 2022 Parker Hannifin Corporation failed to exercise “reasonable care” in safeguarding the sensitive information of current and former employees and their dependents, a proposed class action alleges.

May 20, 2022 SuperCare Health, Inc. faces a class action over its apparent failure to safeguard the personal information of more than 318,000 current and former patients during a data breach last summer.

May 17, 2022 The State Bar of Calif. faces a class action over what four plaintiffs allege was the unauthorized disclosure of hundreds of thousands of confidential disciplinary records.

May 5, 2022 The Neiman Marcus Group faces a class action that alleges the retailer’s “inadequate cybersecurity” is to blame for a 2020 data breach.

May 4, 2022 American Financial Resources faces a class action over a Dec. 2021 data breach in which the information of thousands of the residential mortgage company’s customers was accessed.

May 3, 2022 The entities behind the bZx cryptocurrency protocol face a class action that alleges a hack in which $55 million in assets was stolen stemmed from “simple negligence."

April 22, 2022 Mailchimp faces class action after an employee allegedly fell victim to an email phishing scam that ultimately allowed cybercriminals to steal some Trezor wallet users’ assets.

April 14, 2022 National Math and Science Initiative has been hit with a class action in the wake of a data breach last year that reportedly exposed the sensitive information of nearly 200,000 individuals.

March 18, 2022 Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. faces a class action following a cyberattack that compromised the personal information of tens of thousands of current and former employees and their families.

February 17, 2022 Sea Mar Community Health Centers faces at least four class actions over a data breach in which reportedly three terabytes of sensitive information belonging to more than 650K people was stolen.

February 16, 2022 Insurance services provider Unum Group faces a proposed class action over a more than two-week data breach last fall.

February 4, 2022 Medical Review Institute of America and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois face a class action in the wake of a “sophisticated” November 2021 cyberattack.

January 31, 2022 StarTek faces a class action after the sensitive personal information of thousands of current and former employees was allegedly stolen during a June 2021 data breach.

January 31, 2022 CareSouth Carolina has been hit with a class action over its apparent failure to safeguard patients’ personal and protected health information from cybercriminals.

December 21, 2021 Bansley & Kiener, L.L.P. faces a class action that alleges the accounting and advisory firm failed to safeguard the sensitive client information in its care.

December 10, 2021 Planned Parenthood Los Angeles faces a class action that alleges an October 2021 data breach stemmed from the facility’s failure to secure patients’ highly sensitive information.

December 9, 2021 A class action filed over the April 2020 data breach that compromised OK Foods employees’ personal information has been transferred to Arkansas federal court.