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DropBox Hit with Class Action Lawsuit
By Sarah Pierce
Popular web-storage service DropBox has been hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly introducing a bug that unlocked its 25 million users’ accounts and date for everyone to see.
According to the DropBox class action lawsuit, DropBox boasts on its website that it’s “dedicated to security” and promises consumers that “Your stuff is safe,” yet it announced, via a June 20, 2011 blog post on its website, that it introduced a bug on June 19, 2011 that allowed users logged in to its system to log into other users’ accounts and access those users’ data stored on DropBox. The DropBox class action says the company failed to notify the vast majority, if not all, of its 25 million-plus users that their information had been compromised.
The DropBox bug class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of anyone who has ever subscribed to DropBox and whose personal and/or financial information was breached on or about June 19, 2011. It is seeking, among other things, an award of punitive damages, actual damages, compensatory damages, statutory damages and statutory penalties on behalf of Class Members for violation of the California Unfair Competition Law, Invasion of Privacy, Negligence, Breach of Express Warranty and Breach of Implied Warranty.
A copy of the DropBox Bug Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Christina Wong, et al. v. DropBox, Inc., Case. No. CV-11-3092, United States District Court, Northern District of California.
Updated June 29th, 2011
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2 thoughts onDropBox Hit with Class Action Lawsuit
My info was impacted I’m still Frozen from one bank they accessed somehow guessing could be through this
My in information was impacted by this however the legal team never notified me nor sent me any refund from settlement, I would greatly appreciate my refund after all my information was impacted on May 2012
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