Accutech Class Action Claims Company Failed To Prevent Data Breach

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Accutech Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit Overview: 

• Who: Nivedita Sharma filed a class action lawsuit against Accutech Systems Corporation. 
• Why: Sharma claims Accutech failed to implement proper data security measures that would have prevented an August 2021 data breach.
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Indiana federal court.

Accutech failed to prevent an August 2021 data breach that exposed the personal and financial information of around 40,000 individuals, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

Plaintiff Nivedita Sharma claims Accutech was responsible for the breach because it did not invest in adequate data security measures that would have prevented it.

“As a direct, proximate and foreseeable result of Accutech’s failure to implement reasonable security protections sufficient to prevent an eminently avoidable cyberattack, unauthorized actors compromised Accutech’s network and accessed tens of thousands of client files containing highly sensitive,” the class action lawsuit states. 

Sharma, who says they received a letter informing them their data had been exposed in the breach, wants to represent a nationwide class and Colorado subclass of individuals whose personally identifying information (PII) was exposed in the data breach. 

Accutech Disclosed Breach More Than Six Months After It Began

Accutech’s disclosure of the breach, meanwhile, came more than six months after “unauthorized individuals” were able to gain access to customers’ PII, including names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers, according to the class action lawsuit. 

Sharma argues the length of time it took Accutech to disclose the data breach will cause those affected to “suffer indefinitely” from the risk that their identities have already or will later be stolen. 

“Plaintiff and class members face the real, immediate and likely danger of identity theft and misuse of their PII, especially because their PII was specifically targeted by malevolent actors,” the class action lawsuit states. 

Sharma claims that, in addition to being at risk of identity theft, those affected by the data breach have had the value of their PII diminished, had to pay out of pocket for identity theft prevention and lost time spent taking steps to deal with the issue, among other things. 

Sharma claims Accutech is guilty of unjust enrichment and intrusion upon seclusion and in violation of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act and various state consumer protection and state data breach statutes, among other things. 

Plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory and injunctive relief along with statutory, trebled and punitive or exemplary damages for themself and all class members.

A similar class action lawsuit was filed earlier this month against UKG Inc. after a data breach in December 2021 exposed the personal data of millions of the company’s employees. 

Was your PII exposed in the Accutech data breach? Let us know in the comments! 

The plaintiff is represented by Gary M. Klinger and David K. Lietz of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, and Daniel O. Herrera, Nickolas J. Hagman and Olivia Lawless of Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP. 

The Accutech Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit is Sharma v. Accutech Systems Corporation, Case No. 1:22-cv-00551, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

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