Consumers file multiple Financial Business and Consumer Solutions data breach lawsuits

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions data breach overview: 

• Who: Consumers filed at least eight lawsuits against Financial Business and Consumer Solutions.
• Why: The company allegedly failed to protect the data of nearly 2.7 million customers whose information following a February data breach.
• Where: The Financial Business and Consumer Solutions lawsuits were filed in federal court in Pennsylvania.

Consumers filed at least eight lawsuits against Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) over a data breach allegedly impacting the consumers’ personal information.

A threat actor accessed the personal information of nearly 2.7 million FBCS customers Feb. 14-Feb. 26, and the company began to inform those individuals on or about May 10, nearly two months after the breach, the class actions allege.

FBCS filed a notice of the data breach in Maine that estimated it impacted nearly 2 million customers, according to the lawsuits. The exposed data reportedly included names, Social Security numbers, date of birth, mailing address and telephone numbers.

The data breach leads to an increased risk of identity theft, misappropriation of health insurance benefits, intrusion of his health privacy and similar forms of criminal mischief, the FCBS lawsuits say.

FBCS claimed to be trained, hold above industry standard security

FBCS is a licensed and bonded collection agency offering pre-charge-off, early out and third-party collection services. It claims to have state-of-the-art security and above-industry-standard networks, according to the data breach lawsuits.

“The FBCS team is trained on security policies to keep our facilities and your data safe,” the class actions allege FCBS claims. “We provide training to enhance our team’s understanding of modern security risks, including social engineering attacks, phishing schemes, brute force attacks and more.”

FBCS offered free credit monitoring services to those potentially impacted by the breach, the lawsuits say.

Accounting firm Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLC is facing a class action lawsuit after it was hit with an accounting firm data breach affecting more than 1 million consumers.

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Derrick Vines and Bradford Wicks are represented by Marc H. Edelson and Liberato P. Verderame of Edelson Lechtzin LLP. Sophie Cahen Vorburger is represented by Bart D. Cohen of Bailey Glasser LLP. Dana Kerr is represented by Charles E. Schaffer of Levin Sedran & Berman LLP, Brett R. Cohen of Leeds Brown Law PC, Jeffrey S. Goldenberg of Goldenberg Schneider LPA, and Gary F. Lynch, Connor P. Hayes and Jennifer M. French of Lynch Carpenter LLP. 

The Financial Business and Consumer Solutions data breach lawsuits include Vines, et al. v. Financial Business and Consumer Solutions Inc., Case No. 2:24-cv-02085, Vorburger v. Financial Business and Consumer Solutions Inc., Case No. 2:24-cv-02045, and Kerr v. Financial Business and Consumer Solutions Inc., Case No. 2:24-cv-02075, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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