Landmark Properties data breach a ‘direct result’ of cybersecurity failure, class action claims

Landmark Properties data breach class action lawsuit overview:

• Who: Plaintiff Ashwin Moudgal filed a class action lawsuit against Landmark Properties Inc.
• Why: Moudgal claims Landmark Properties failed to properly secure and safeguard sensitive information of its residents and employees.
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Georgia federal court.

A new class action lawsuit alleges real estate firm Landmark Properties failed to properly secure and safeguard the sensitive information of its residents and employees during a May data breach. 

Plaintiff Ashwin Moudgal claims the data breach was a “direct result” of Landmark Properties’ failure to implement adequate cybersecurity procedures and protocols in order to protect the information from a “foreseeable and preventable” cyberattack.

“Defendant maintained, used, and shared the Private Information in a reckless manner,” the Landmark Properties class action says. 

Moudgal wants to represent a nationwide class of individuals whose private information was compromised in the Landmark Properties data breach.

Class action: Landmark Properties data caused substantial problems

Moudgal argues he and other class members suffered concrete injuries, including invasion of privacy, theft of their private information, lost or diminished value of their private information, and lost time and opportunity costs associated with attempting to mitigate the consequences of the data breach, as a result of the incident. 

The class action lawsuit claims Landmark Properties also failed to provide timely and adequate notice to those affected by the data breach.

The data breach was carried out by a ransomware group known as Morpheus, according to the complaint. The group reportedly stole 1.2 terabytes of data from Landmark Properties, including financial documents, client details, confidential agreements and active deals.

Moudgal claims Landmark Properties is guilty of negligence, negligence per se, breach of implied contract and unjust enrichment. 

The plaintiff demands a jury trial and requests declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of actual, nominal, statutory, consequential and punitive damages for himself and all class members. 

In other data breach news, WellNow Urgent Care recently agreed to pay $1.1 million to put an end to claims it failed to prevent a 2023 data breach that compromised patient information.

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Moudgal is represented by Casondra Turner of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC and Jeff Ostrow and Kenneth Grunfeld of Kopelowitz Ostrow, P.A.

The Landmark Properties data breach class action lawsuit is Moudgal, et al. v. Landmark Properties, Inc., Case No. 3:25-cv-00093 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

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