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Update:
- A New Jersey federal judge consolidated four proposed class action lawsuits against BetMGM LLC that allege the gambling sites’ cybersecurity allowed, and hid, a network breach that gave a third party access to users’ personal information.
- Five users of BetMGM, the betting division of MGM Resorts, filed four similar lawsuits in New Jersey in late 2022 and early 2023, citing invasion of privacy, breach of contract and negligence for failure to protect personal information.
- U.S. District Judge Julien Xavier Neals wrote in his order April 3 that the consolidation allowed BetMGM to avoid addressing each lawsuit individually.
- One of the plaintiff’s attorneys requested the consolidation.
BetMGM lawsuit overview:
- Who: Another BetMGM consumer filed a class action lawsuit against the company.
- Why: This is the third lawsuit filed against the company in the past two months alleging negligence in the aftermath of a 2022 data breach.
- Where: The BetMGM lawsuit was filed in a New Jersey federal court.
(Feb. 2, 2023)
BetMGM allowed a data breach that exposed the sensitive personal information of more than 1.5 million of its customers, a new class action lawsuit alleges, joining two previous lawsuits filed in the wake of the 2022 breach.
Plaintiff Anthony Grippa filed the class action complaint against BetMGM — the betting division of MGM — on Jan. 26 in a New Jersey federal court, alleging negligence and violations of warranty and privacy laws.
It is the third lawsuit of its kind, after BetMGM announced the data breach Dec. 21, saying a hacker obtained certain BetMGM patron records in an unauthorized manner.
According to Grippa’s complaint, BetMGM’s poor security resulted in a breach of the company’s network that allowed a third party to access his sensitive personal information.
He alleges a third party accessed BetMGM’s network in May 2022 and stole personally identifiable information, including names, email and postal addresses, phone numbers and birthdates, of every customer who placed a casino wager using BetMGM’s website.
The company learned of the violation Nov. 28 and only advised affected customers Dec. 21, 2022, the lawsuit says.
Late notice of data breach caused issues for customers, lawsuit alleges
When BetMGM contacted customers three weeks after it learned of the breach, it assured them their passwords and account funds were not accessed, the lawsuit states.
However, earlier that same day, someone posted to a cybercrime forum that they had breached BetMGM’s cyber security, and that data from that breach was for sale, the complaint states.
“Defendant’s delayed response adversely affected plaintiff and other class members as they could have undertaken proactive measures to secure their [personal information],” Grippa says.
“Instead, defendant sat on this important information to the detriment of plaintiff and the class, until defendant’s hand was forced by the cybercrime posting.”
Grippa says he and other customers have been harmed by having their personal information put at risk of theft and identity fraud. He is looking to represent anyone else in the United States whose data was compromised in the data breach.
Grippa is suing for negligence, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty and seeks damages, fees, costs and a jury trial. The lawsuit also seeks to force BetMGM to address the vulnerabilities in its system and to delete all personal information it can’t justify storing.
Were you affected by the BetMGM data breach? Let us know in the comments.
Grippa and the proposed class are represented by Andrew J. Heo and Jeffrey W. Golan of Barrack Rodos & Bacine and John G. Emerson of the Emerson Firm PLLC.
The BetMGM class action lawsuit is Grippa, et al. v. BetMGM LLC, Case No. 2:23-cv-00468, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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51 thoughts onJudge consolidates BetMGM data breach class action lawsuits
NEVER. NOTIFIED! Only found out this week through Google 1 and their darkweb search feature. I am not joining this. I plan to go solo!
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I received the letter from BetMGM as well as originally had been contacted by for an interview that had been cancelled and have not heard anything since which the email from BetMGM I received in December and nothing from the law firm since April. So not sure what is supposed to actually happen if anyone has insight on the situation please say something
YES. I WAS A VICTIM OF THIS CASE.
Plz adde I was involved in this breach
I am afraid that I deleted the email since it’s been so long. It would explain why I had my card information stolen right around the time of the breach.
Yes, I have a screenshot of my data breach from MGM back in July 2019 along with quite a few from Facebook data breaches as well
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Victoria Bailey
Data Breach- money was stolen out the account every time I won. Add my name to this claim please. 267 726-1662
2012 East Venango st
Philadelphia pa 19134
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I was involved in this data breach and shortly before all this happened I told bet mgm to not display more than the last 4 digits of my credit card on the deposit page because I felt it made me more vulnerable to theft and they continued to argue with me saying they have top of the line security measures in place that won’t allow that to happen so I left it be and sure enough weeks later I get an email stating my info has been compromised in a data breach I’ve been trying to find someone to talk to ever since I even contacted the michigan gaming control board that said there was no wrong doing after I tried calling bet mgm multiple times even getting hung up on a lot of those times so I got nowhere with this invasion of privacy
I’m I Louisiana and I complained to them my account was hacked in May of 2022. They said it wasn’t and wouldn’t give my money back. I’m still blocked from betting because of this a year later … They treated me like crap. I have proof from my bank.