Lafayette Federal Credit Union data breach class action overview:
- Who: Three consumers filed separate class action lawsuits against Lafayette Federal Credit Union.
- Why: The plaintiffs allege Lafayette failed to properly secure and safeguard sensitive personally identifiable (PII) information.
- Where: The Lafayette Federal Credit Union data breach class action lawsuits were filed in Maryland federal court.
A series of new class action lawsuits accuse Lafayette Federal Credit Union of failing to protect the sensitive personal information (PII) of more than 75,000 customers in a data breach.
Plaintiffs Sebhia Dibra, Carl Lewis and Joseph Mausteller each filed class action lawsuits against Lafayette Federal Credit Union between March 27 and March 31 in Maryland federal court, alleging negligence and breach of contract.
Lafayette is a financial institution that operates full-service branch locations in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
In February 2025, hackers targeted and accessed Lafayette’s network systems, where they were able to get their hands on sensitive PII including full names in combination with Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, loan account numbers and other sensitive data, the Lafayette Federal Credit Union data breach lawsuits allege.
Plaintiffs are current and former customers of Lafayette who, in order to obtain services from Lafayette, were required to entrust Lafayette with their sensitive, non-public PII, the class action lawsuits allege.
Financial institutions owe a duty to protect PII, Lafayette data breach class action alleges
Businesses like Lafayette that handle PII owe a duty to adopt reasonable measures to protect sensitive customer information and to keep it safe and confidential, the Lafayette Federal Union class action lawsuits argue.
Lafayette breached these duties owed to consumers by failing to safeguard their PII it collected and maintained, and failing to implement industry standards for data security to protect against, detect, and stop cyberattacks, the lawsuits allege.
Plaintiff Mausteller alleges an unauthorized transaction appeared on his Lafayette debit card, which was subsequently canceled. Since the data breach, plaintiff Dibra claims she has experienced a spike in spam calls and texts using compromised PII.
As a result, the plaintiffs are suing on behalf of all consumers whose PII may have been compromised in the data breach, including all individuals who received a notice letter. They’re suing for negligence and breach of contract and seek certification of the class action, damages, fees, costs and a jury trial.
In March this year, a new class action was filed against insurance company Globe Life Inc. for a data breach that affected more than 850,000 individuals.
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The plaintiffs are represented by Thomas Pacheco of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC and Jeff Ostrow of Kopelowitz Ostrow PA; Casondra Turner of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC; and Jason Rathod and Nicholas Migliaccio of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP.
The Lafayette Federal Credit Union data breach class actions are Dibra v. Lafayette Federal Credit Union, Case No. 8:25-cv-01054; Lewis v. Lafayette Federal Credit Union, Case No. 8:25-cv-01006; and Mausteller v. Lafayette Federal Credit Union, Case No. 8:25-cv-01039, all in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
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I received a letter dated March 20, 2025 from Lafayette FCU that my data may have been compromised.