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Cash App data breach overview:
- Who: A Texas woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Block Inc and Cash App.
- Why: The lawsuit alleges the companies were negligent, and allowed a data breach that saw consumers personal information leaked.
- Where: The Cash App data breach was filed in a California federal court.
Cash App and its parent company were negligent in their data security measures, leading to a 2021 data breach that released the information of 8.2 million Cash App Investing customers, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Amanda Gordon filed the class action lawsuit against Block Inc and Cash App Investing LLC Nov. 2 in a California federal court, alleging negligence and violations of consumer laws.
Cash App, which is owned by Block, is a mobile app that allows users to transfer money from one person to another. It also provides investing services which allows users to purchase stock and Bitcoin through its platform.
According to the lawsuit, due to Cash App and Block’s negligent security features the companies failed to properly secure and protect app users’ personal identifying information (PII).
“Defendants’ negligence has resulted in the exploitation and release of Cash App users’ PII,” the lawsuit states.
Cash App and Block should have known the security systems were deficient, lawsuit alleges
The alleged failure to take reasonable steps to safeguard consumer information led to a December 2021 data breach that resulted in the release of PII of 8.2 million current and former Cash App Investing customers, the lawsuit states.
Customers’ full names and brokerage account numbers, the value and holdings of brokerage portfolios, and trading activity were all exposed, Gordon says.
Cash App and Block should have known that their security measures, protocols, screening procedures, and systems were deficient, the lawsuit alleges.
“By and through Defendants’ negligence, they have caused financial losses and negative consequences and their negligence will continue to harm Class Members’ into the future,” the lawsuit alleges.
Gordon is looking to represent all current or former customers of the companies who had their PII compromised in the breach.
Gordon is suing for negligence, violation of California consumer laws, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract, invasion of privacy and breach of fiduciary duty.
She is seeking certification of the class action, an order forcing Cash App to get a third-party security auditor and make security improvements, damages, fees, costs and a jury trial.
This is not the first class action to be filed against Block and Cash App after the data breach. In August, the pair were hit with a class action lawsuit alleging they failed to safeguard the information of their customers during a December 2021 data breach.
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The plaintiff is represented by Robert S. Green, James Robert Noblin and Emrah M. Sumer of Green & Noblin P.C., and William B. Federman and Joshua D. Wells of Federman & Sherwood.
The Cash App class action lawsuit is Amanda Gordon v. Block Inc et al., Case No. 3:22-cv-06787-SK in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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several times I have been sent money and never received the full amount but anytime I try asking customer service they ignore me or just don’t respond as to where the rest of my money has gone or why and when I look at the statements there is nothing stated there either.
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I received payments from people and cash app has it says completed in my activity but does not show up in my account many times iive lost thousands of dollars
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Hello. I had my same account over several years same email same address and number until Friday why would I change my information all of sudden on the same day my device got stolen I already made a police report for theft and asked this person $juliojuggedaho to send my money back many times no response I flagged his account as scam account contact you guys multiple times provided proof many times that payment of $360 made on Friday at 6:30 is a unauthorized payment I never send or received money from this person $juliojuggedaho every that person not even on my friends list that person is the person stoled my phone and got access to my cash app account and send money to himself I never had any issues with my account I have never made a dispute with you guys I been receiving the same deposit to my employer every two weeks my check was sent and I never even received my check it was stolen from me I do not understand why I have to keep saying and providing the same information.
They take my money in glitches in hackers in bugs and flukes and their stupid agent slackers . I’m tired of some crap in their systems a breach or leak so these things can happen they just turn blind eye they like there’s nothing they can do about it and you just take the loss..
I got scammed back in 2019 and lost 5,500 using this app and sent all supporting documents and they still blamed me the victim for everything and refused to give me my money back
Cash app sent me a notification saying that my account was overdrawn , which I am nor able to do with my cash app at all . The payment they say overdrawn my account had already placed a hold on the total amount while the transaction was still pending , so it could not be spent elsewhere or moved either. The payment went through fairly quickly , but 2 or three days later I receive a notification stating that my cash app account was in the negative and money was taken from my account for a bill that had already been paid . Upon looking through my transactions , I can not find any documentation. What so ever that supports this in the slightest ! It’s only 11-13 dollars, but I figure if they are doing this a couple hundred times or more ? They are pocketing a substantial amount of money that in no way belongs to them .