Consumer class actions accuse Samsung of negligence in data breach

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Samsung data breach class action lawsuit overview:

• Who: Plaintiff Steven Wenzel has filed a class action lawsuit against Samsung Electronics America Inc.
• Why: Samsung allegedly failed to implement adequate data security measures, leaving private data vulnerable to a data breach that took place in August.
• Where: The Samsung data breach class action lawsuit was filed in Florida federal court.

Samsung Electronics America Inc.’s failure to implement adequate data security measures led customers’ private information to be compromised in a data breach, a class action lawsuit alleges.

Plaintiff Steven Wenzel alleges Samsung failed to take reasonable steps to implement adequate security measures and protect customers’ personally identifiable information, even in the wake of numerous high-profile data breaches.

Samsung allegedly failed to use firewalls, encryption and other standard data-management practices to protect sensitive data from unauthorized actors.

The information allegedly compromised in the Samsung data breach included names, contact information, birthdates and product registration information. 

The Samsung data breach was reportedly discovered Aug. 4, but the Samsung class action lawsuit says the defendant failed to disclose the data breach until Sept. 2, nearly a month after it was discovered.

Samsung data breach was ‘inevitable result’ of inadequate security measures, class action alleges

Wenzel says the Samsung data breach was the “inevitable result” of Samsung’s “cavalier approach to data security.” Even though significant data breaches were occurring across multiple industries, Samsung allegedly failed to maintain adequate security measures, according to Wenzel.

Further, Samsung itself had reportedly been the victim of another data breach earlier in 2022, making it “even more egregious” that the company failed to boost its data security practices, Wenzel says.

“As a direct and proximate consequence of Defendant’s negligence, a massive amount of customer information was stolen from Defendant,” the Samsung data breach class action lawsuit states.

Thousands of Samsung customers and former employees may have had their personal information compromised in the Samsung data breach, Wenzel claims. As a result, their privacy rights have been violated and they are at an increased risk of fraud and identity theft, according to the Samsung data breach class action lawsuit.

Wenzel notes that identity theft victims have to spend numerous hours to repair the damage to their credit. Therefore, he says “[r]eimbursing a consumer for financial loss due to fraud does not make that individual whole again.”

Wenzel filed the class action lawsuit on behalf of himself and a proposed class of U.S. residents whose personal information was contained in the publicly-accessible database and therefore compromised due to the Samsung data breach.

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Wenzel is represented by Brandon J. Hill, Luis A. Cabassa and Amanda E. Heystek of Wenzel Fenton Cabassa PA.

The Samsung data breach class action lawsuit is Steven Wenzel, et al. v. Samsung Electronics America Inc., Case No. 8:22-cv-02323, in the Circuit Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit in and for Hillsborough County, Florida.

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