N.D. ILL.Litigation
Seyfarth faces proposed class action over August employee-account incident
A proposed class action filed in Illinois federal court on September 24 accused Seyfarth Shaw of failing to safeguard personal information exposed in an August incident, Reuters reported. The plaintiff, a former employee of a Seyfarth client, says the breach affected more than 56,000 people. Seyfarth said in a statement that its network and systems were not breached and that someone impersonating its IT help desk targeted a single employee.
Filing (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois) → · Reuters
Key points
- The complaint alleged that names and Social Security numbers of 56,755 people were affected.U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- The plaintiff, a former employee of AAA Mountain West Group, sued on behalf of all others similarly situated.U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisReuters
- The complaint asserted negligence, implied-contract, unjust-enrichment and fiduciary-duty claims.U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Seyfarth said in a statement that an IT help desk impersonator targeted one employee and some documents went to an unauthorized email account.Reuters
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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois