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Navistar Employee Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit Overview:
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Illinois federal court.
- Who: A Navistar employee is suing the Illinois-based manufacturing company.
- Why: The plaintiff accuses Navistar of failing to protect its workers and their personal identifying and health information.
A Navistar employee is suing the commercial vehicle manufacturer over a May data breach that exposed personal information of more than 63,000 current and former employees.
The lead plaintiff is Doug Matthews, a current Navistar employee, whose personal identifying information, including his full name, date of birth, home address and Social Security Number, was stolen by hackers, along with his Navistar-sponsored health plan information and the information of his health plan beneficiaries.
Matthews seeks to represent a nationwide Class of anyone in the United States whose personal identifying information and/or personal health information was accessed in the Navistar data breach that was disclosed to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2021.
Navistar Ignored Data Breach Warnings, Delayed Disclosure
Not only did Navistar fail to provide adequate security that allowed hackers access to its systems, but it also waited more than a month to inform employees of the breach, claims the class action.
Matthews received the first of two notices from Navistar in late July 2021, informing him that his personal information had been compromised sometime before May 20, 2021.
This delay “virtually ensured” that employees’ information would be criminally disseminated and monetized, the complaint argues. Indeed, Navistar allegedly “completely ignored” warnings from the hackers that the stolen information was posted for sale on Marketo, an online marketplace for stolen data. The complaint accuses the company of placing its own financial interest above its employees whose personal information it was “duty-bound to protect.”
Matthews seeks declaratory relief; preventing Navistar from continuing its allegedly unlawful behavior; compensatory, consequential, and general damages; statutory damages, trebled, and punitive or exemplary damages; pre- and post-judgment interest; and court costs.
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The plaintiff is represented by Daniel O. Herrera, Nickolas J. Hagman, and Bryan L Clobes of Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP.
The Navistar Employee Data BreachClass Action Lawsuit is Matthews v. Navistar Inc., Case No. 1:21-cv-05607, in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division.
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