Christina Spicer  |  October 15, 2018

Category: Consumer News

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Sonic has reportedly agreed to pay $4.3 million to exit multiple class action lawsuits alleging the fast food company failed to properly protect customer data that was exposed in a data breach.

A number of class action lawsuits were filed after it was revealed that Sonic’s cyber security system failed to protect consumer data from an attack on their cash registers.

According to the Sonic class action lawsuits, the data breach occurred throughout 2017 and affected 325 Sonic Drive-In locations nationwide.

Consumers claimed that their credit and debit card information was exposed in the breach and some said that they were hit with false charges on their accounts.

The slate of Sonic data breach class action lawsuits were eventually consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) in Oklahoma.

Under the terms of the Sonic data breach class action settlement agreement, those Class Members whose debit and credit card information was allegedly exposed can receive $10. Class Members subject to fraudulent charges can claim $40.

Class Members include those who used a debit or credit card at a Sonic drive in between April and October of 2017.

“The issues are hotly contested in this litigation and the outcome is uncertain,” noted the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary approval of the Sonic data breach class action settlement. “Sonic’s motion to dismiss argued that representative plaintiffs did not suffer an actionable concrete injury as a result of the data breach and failed to establish an elevated or imminent risk of future injury.”

As early as September 2017, reports of a malware attack on Sonic locations surfaced. The fast food company confirmed the attack and claimed that it had informed regulators and the public as soon as possible. Affected customers were offered two years of credit monitoring.

Sonic, which has more than 3,000 locations across the United States, was hit with 12 separate class action lawsuits over the data breach.

The consumers in the Sonic Drive-In class action lawsuits alleged that their personally identifiable information as well as credit and debit card numbers were exposed in the attack. Plaintiffs also claimed that they had been subject to fraud and other losses as a result.

The Sonic class action lawsuits argued that the fast food company should have been prepared for the malware attack that allegedly exposed consumer data.

The attack, pointed out the plaintiffs, came soon after similar high profile cyber hacks on other fast food companies, including Wendy’s and Arby’s.

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The plaintiffs and proposed Class are represented by William B. Federman and Carin L. Marcussen of Federman & Sherwood, Marc E. Dann and Brian D. Flick of the Dann Law Firm, Melissa R. Emert of Stull Stull & Brody, Michael Fuller of Olsen Daines, Miles N. Clark of Knepper & Clark LLC and Thomas A. Zimmerman Jr.

The Sonic Drive-In Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit is In Re: Sonic Corp. Customer Data Security Breach, Case No. 1:17­-md-­02807, in the U.S. District Court for Northern Ohio.

UPDATE: January 2019, the Sonic data breach class action settlement is now open. Click here to file a claim.

UPDATE 2: On Nov. 14, 2019, Top Class Actions viewers started receiving checks in the mail worth $129.76 from the Sonic data breach settlement. Congratulations to everyone who filed a valid claim and got PAID!

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141 thoughts on$4.3M Sonic Data Breach Class Action Settlement Reached

  1. Iris Drexler says:

    Please add me

  2. sidney cameron says:

    please add me

  3. Beckie Ed says:

    This happened in Colorado also. Is this a separate thing or will this be it?
    Oklahoma is the only place listed.

  4. Brittany Saltz says:

    Add me

  5. John Ramsey says:

    Add me please

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