Oak View Group Data Breach Lawsuit Says 58K Current, Former Employees Impacted by Cyberattack

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A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in California against Oak View Group, LLC over an apparent data breach that impacted roughly 58,000 current and former employees. 

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The 71-page Oak View Group data breach lawsuit says the incident occurred as a result of the world’s largest sports and live entertainment venue developer’s failure to implement “reasonable and industry standard data security practices.” Consumer information compromised in the breach included proposed class members’ full names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers, the filing says. 

“The Data Breach was a direct result of Defendant’s failure to implement adequate and reasonable cyber-security procedures and protocols necessary to protect its employees’ [personal information] from a foreseeable and preventable cyber-attack,” the complaint reads, accusing Oak View Group of maintaining the sensitive data in a “reckless manner.” 

According to the Oak View Group data breach notice sent to victims in early January, the company detected on or around November 26, 2023 that an “unauthorized party” had accessed certain parts of its network. The company said that upon detecting the intrusion, it took certain systems offline to “contain the issue” and alerted the FBI to the cyberattack, among other measures. 

Oak View Group stated that a review completed on December 14 indicated that current and former employees’ names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers were compromised in the cyberattack. The company added that credit card and other financial information appeared not to have been involved in the incident. 

The data breach lawsuit notes that the defendant left out of its notice letter, among other specifics, details of the “root cause” of the cyberattack and measures taken to ensure that such an incident does not happen again. 

“To date, these critical facts have not been explained or clarified to Plaintiff and Class members, who retain a vested interest in ensuring that their [personal information] remains protected,” the suit says.

The complaint emphasizes that the Oak View Group data breach has left current and former employees at a heightened risk of fraud and identity theft, requiring them to closely monitor their financial accounts now and in the future. 

Though the defendant offered data breach victims 12 months of identity monitoring services, the case argues that this measure is “wholly inadequate” as it fails to address the fact that proposed class members may face multiple years of identity theft and fraud. 

The lawsuit looks to cover all United States residents whose personal information was compromised in the data breach announced by Oak View Group in January 2024. 

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