Exposure to cyber crime

Electromed Theft of Information in Data Breach Class Action

Electromed, Inc. experienced a cyberattack and data breach in June 2021 that exposed the information of over 47,000 customers and employees. The complaint for this class action alleges that the harm caused to these people is Electromed’s responsibility because, it says, the company “maintained the Private Information in a reckless and negligent manner. In particular,  Read more

Navistar Exposure of Employee PII and PHI Class Action

This class action brings suit against Navistar, Inc. The subject is a cyberattack that the complaint alleges exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) and personal health information (PHI) of “tens of thousands of current and former employees and their family members…” The complaint accuses Navistar of “inadequate safeguarding” of the information.  Read more

Metromile Failure to Protect Consumer Information Class Action

Metromile, Inc. is an auto insurance company that, according to the complaint for this class action, “sells pay-per-mile automobile insurance and licenses its technology to other insurance companies.” At issue is not its way of charging for insurance but an extended data breach that took place between July 2020 and January 2021. The complaint alleges  Read more

DuPage/Duly Data Breach Compromise of Patient Information Class Action

Medical companies and facilities are increasingly becoming targets of data breaches. The complaint for this class action attempts to hold DuPage Medical Group, Ltd. and Duly Health and Care responsible for what it calls “a massive and preventable data breach” in which cyber criminals gained access to the DuPage network sometime between July 12 and  Read more

Hudson’s Bay Company Data Breach Settlement

Hudson’s Bay Company ULC, Saks Incorporated, Saks Fifth Avenue, LLC, Saks & Company, LLC, and Lord & Taylor, LLC are settling a consolidated class action, paying $2 million for claims and additional amounts for attorneys and settlement costs. The complaint alleged that the companies were responsible for a data breach that affected Saks, Saks Off  Read more

St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System Hacker Takeover Class Action

St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Inc. (SJ/C) provides medical care to people in a 4,000-square-mile area of Georgia and South Carolina. In December 2020, cybercriminals hacked into its systems and did not merely steal information; six months later, they rendered the entire system inoperable, even down to the telephones. The complaint for this class action alleges  Read more

Paradies Shops Ransomware Employee Data Exposure Class Action

Data breaches are getting far too common. This time, the incident involves a ransomware attack on the Paradies Shops, LLC, which has stores, restaurants, and bars in over a hundred airports, with about 10,000 employees. The Paradies systems were accessed between October 8 and 13, 2020.  Read more

T-Mobile USA Fifth Data Breach in Three Years Class Action

T-Mobile USA, Inc. suffered a data breach which it announced in August 2021. What makes this particularly galling is that this is not its first data breach. The complaint for this class action alleges, “T-Mobile itself has been particularly aware of the vulnerability of its security systems, having previously suffered four data breaches over the  Read more

Inmediata Exposure of Private Information on Search Engines Class Action

In January 2019, Inmediata Health Group Corp. found that it was in the middle of a large exposure of the “unsecured protected health information and personal information” of a million and a half people. The complaint alleges, “This extremely sensitive data should have received the most rigorous protection available—it did not.” Instead, it was made  Read more

ArbiterSports Data Breach Settlement

ArbiterSports, LLC is settling a class action that took place in July 2020 and was announced on August 24, 2020. According to the complaint, ArbiterSports was negligent, among other things, which led to the exposure of such user information as account names and passwords, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.  Read more