Exposure to cyber crime
Kemper, Infinity Insurance Companies Data Breach Class Action
Data breaches happen all too often nowadays. The complaint for this class action brings suit against Kemper Corporation and its subsidiary, Infinity Insurance Company, for a data breach suffered by Infinity in December 2020. The complaint alleges that Infinity did not adequately protect the data in its charge. Read more
Flagstar Data Compromised by Accellion Data Breach Class Action
Accellion, Inc. is a cloud computing company that handles the data of other companies. The complaint for this class action brings suit against Accellion and Flagstar Bancorp, which does business as Flagstar Bank, alleging that the Accellion data breach compromised the information of Flagstar customers. Read more
Flagstar Bank Inadequate Security Measures Class Action
Banks and businesses have an obligation to safeguard the personally identifiable information (PII) entrusted to them by their customers. The complaint for this class action alleges that Flagstar Bank, FSB failed in this duty, because it entrusted PII to a vendor who later experienced a data breach. Read more
Golden Entertainment Phishing Settlement
Golden Entertainment (NV), Inc. is settling a class action arising from a phishing incident that may have exposed private personal information of customers, vendors, and current and former employees. Read more
Capital One Data Breach in Amazon’s Cloud Class Action
The data breach experienced by Capital One, one of the largest banks and credit card issuers in the country, on July 29, 2019, affected more than 100 million people. The complaint for this class action alleges that this massive breach was caused by inadequate security measures and holds responsible both Capital One entities (Capital One Read more
US Fertility Ransomware Attack Data Breach Class Action
The complaint for this class action calls US Fertility “one of the largest services networks for fertility clinics” in the US, “providing administrative, clinical, and business information services.” As part of its work, US Fertility collects a great deal of personal and medical information on fertility patients. However, the complaint alleges that the company did Read more
Kroger Failed to Secure Information Exposed in Accellion Data Breach Class Action
This class action undertakes to hold a company responsible for the actions or omissions of one of its third-part vendors. The incident at issue is the data breach suffered by Accellion, which held employee and customer information pertaining to Kroger. The complaint alleges that the Kroger Company “was aware and had full knowledge that Accellion’s Read more
Hy-Vee Data Breach Settlement
Hy-Vee, Inc. has agreed to a settlement of a class action alleging it did not take sufficient measures to protect customer information to protect against a data breach. The complaint alleged that Hy-Vee bore responsibility for the security incident. The claims included breach of implied contract, negligence, and violation of consumer protection laws for Illinois, Read more
Warner Music Group Exposure of Customer PII California Class Action
Warner Music Group (WMG) is “a multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate … and the third largest recording company in the global music industry.” So states the complaint for this class action, in describing the defendant in this case. And yet, for all its size and reach, the complaint contends, it did not take adequate Read more
Roadrunner Transportation Data Breach Settlement
Roadrunner Transportations Systems, Inc. is settling a class action based on a data breach to its systems that occurred in April and May 2018, allowing an unauthorized party access to information on its current and former employees. The complaint alleged negligence, invasion of privacy, breach of implied contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of Read more