Cash App, Block class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Michelle Salinas and Raymel Washington filed a class action lawsuit against Block, Inc. and Cash App Investing, LLC.
- Why: Salinas and Washington claim Block and Cash App failed to protect their customer’s private information during a December 2021 data breach.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
Cash App and Block failed to safeguard the information of their customers during a December 2021 data breach, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiffs Michelle Salinas and Raymel Washington claim Cash App and Block’s alleged failure to secure their accounts led to “the unauthorized public release of the personally identifiable information of 8.2 million current and former Cash App Investing customers.”
The data breach compromised the security of the financial accounts, including Cash App Investing portfolios, of affected customers, they allege.
“The security of Defendants’ customers’ Private Information is accordingly of the utmost importance,” states the Block and Cash App class action.
Salinas and Washington claim that even one instance of their private information being misused or improperly accessed by cybercriminals can “lead to substantial financial losses.”
“These costs will not only impact Defendants’ bottom line but, more importantly, the millions of Cash App Investing users whose Private Information is now in the hands of cybercriminals,” the Block and Cash App class action states.
Cash App, Block class action alleges former employee downloaded info without authorization
The data breach came to light after Block disclosed that one of its former employees had downloaded the private information of Cash App investors without being authorized to do so, according to the Cash App and Block class action.
While alleging that the exact reason for the data breach “remain unclear,” the plaintiffs argue “there is no doubt that Defendants failed to adequately protect Plaintiffs’ and Class members’ Private Information.”
Salinas and Washington claim Cash App and Block are guilty of breach of contract and negligence and in violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law and the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act, among other things.
They demand a jury trial and request declaratory and injunctive relief along with an award of actual, compensatory and statutory damages for themselves and all class members.
Salinas and Washington want to represent a nationwide class of consumers who had their information compromised in the data breach, along with subclasses from California, Illinois and Texas.
A similar class action lawsuit was filed against R.R. Donnelly earlier this month over claims the printing company was negligent in protecting the data of its customers during a 2021 data breach.
Have you had your personal information compromised as the result of the Cash App and Block data breach? Let us know in the comments!
The plaintiffs are represented by Dennis Stewart, Daniel E. Gustafson, David A. Goodwin and Mary M. Nikolai of Gustafson Gluek PLLC; Nicholas A. Migliaccio and Jason S. Rathod of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP; Gary S. Graifman and Melissa R. Emert of Kantrowitz Goldhamer & Graifman PC; and Scott. D Hirsch of Scott Hirsch Law Group.
The Block and Cash App class action lawsuit is Salinas, et al. v. Block, Inc., et al., Case No. 4:22-cv-04823, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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I had a brain aneurysm in 2021 And as I was going through surgery as they was preparing me for surgery the doctor in the room talking to me and he tells me to get prepared for surgery so I do turn my phone off And it powers itself backup So I turned it off again and it does the same thing So the doctor has a witness he sees what’s going on he said let me have a try and so he powers it off and it does the same thing it comes back on So all from out of nowhere the phone ring and this guy is on the phone he says Try that again and I take control of your whole phone so he said let me show you so oh he went into my cash app account you wanted to my bank account he wanted to Facebook Facebook he wanted to Instagram he had control of my whole phone and he told me I could do what I want whenever I get ready and you can’t stop me And then you told me I’ll be in touch with you And Danny hung up the phone and me and the doctor looked at each other and the doctor asked me what kind of phone did I have and I told him it was A Samsung S10 plus And he said I got the same phone let me call my wife right now and tell her to change phone and get a iPhone So I’ve been through a lot trying to recover from all this???
I work for someone they cash app 150 for my pay it was gone before i could get to walmart i call they said i never had the money but i brought a burger and fries from burger king but you can tell that i spent 5.00 but they say i never had 150 sent to me so i closed the app never again they stole my money and told me i have 5 account no i don’t just one add me please
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Hell yeah I was and cashapp nor wells Fargo did anything about it. Wells Fargo just replaced my card
I lost 500 dollars from my account, I closed it and cut up card. It was refunded but I never found out how or who.
I had some weird crap going on with my bank account little over a month ago. Cancelled my card but the money was refunded for some weird reason. And it was connected to my cash app.