The airport retail company Paradies Shops is close to finalizing a $6.9 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit on behalf of employees whose personal information was stolen in a ransomware attack in 2020. Earlier this week, the eyecare company Retina Group of Washingtonagreed to a $3.6 million class-action settlement with victims of a data breach in 2023. According to a complaint filed by a former employee, cybercriminals exfiltrated records that held personal information like names and Social Security numbers belonging to 76,000 current and former employees of Paradies Shops. Last fall, Lehigh Valley Health Network agreed to pay $65 million after a hacker accessed sensitive patient information, including naked photos of patients. The suit alleged that the company was negligent and careless in protecting the information it collected from employees, and that waiting to inform victims harmed them further. Paradies Shops sent out notifications to data breach victims eight months later, as well as notices to state attorneys general.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:00:17 +0000