Cricket Wireless data breach class action overview:ย
- Who: Plaintiff Alexis Morgan, a Cricket Wireless customer, is suing the telecommunications company.
- Why: Morgan alleges the company was negligent with customer data and allowed it to be exposed in a data breach.ย
- Where: The Cricket Wireless data breach class action was filed in a Georgia federal court.
Cricket Wireless has been hit with a class action lawsuit after a major data breach that exposed the information of 10 million customers.ย ย
Plaintiff Alexis Morgan filed the class action lawsuit against Cricket Wireless LLC on July 23 in a Georgia federal court, alleging negligence, and that the company failed to secure sensitive personal information of its customers, resulting in a data breach.ย
โDefendant completely and utterly failed to protect its customersโ personal data and/or ensure that its third-party vendors protected customer data consistent with defendantโs privacy notice,โ the Cricket Wireless data incident class action argues.
Sensitive data uploaded to Snowflake
Cricket Wireless, a major wireless service provider, collects extensive personal data from its subscribers, the lawsuit says.ย
According to Morgan, Cricket Wireless assured its customers that their data was secure through its privacy policy, which claimed that protecting customer information was โa priority.โ
However, earlier this year, cybercriminals discovered that several major companies, including Cricket Wireless, had uploaded vast amounts of valuable and sensitive customer data to Snowflake, a third-party cloud platform, the lawsuit says.ย
The cybercriminals exploited Snowflake accounts that lacked proper authentication measures, gaining access to sensitive data, Morgan says. On July 22, 2024, Cricket Wireless announced that customer data had been illegally downloaded from its workspace on the Snowflake platform. The breach compromised records of calls and texts for nearly all Cricket Wireless customers between May 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2022, and Jan. 2, 2023. Cell site identification numbers and phone numbers were also exposed.
Cricket Wireless data breach affected 10 million customers, lawsuit claims
The lawsuit alleges that approximately 10 million customers were affected by the Cricket Wireless data incident.ย
Morgan says, despite learning of the breach in April 2024, Cricket Wireless did not notify its customers until three months later. The notification letter omitted critical details such as the root cause of the breach, the vulnerabilities exploited, and the remedial measures taken to prevent future breaches, she adds.ย
These details are still unclear, the lawsuit states, leaving affected customers uncertain about the security of their personal information.
โDefendantโs conduct, as evidenced by the circumstances of the Data Breach, has created a substantial risk of future identity theft, fraud, or other forms of exploitation,โ the lawsuit states.
Morgan seeks to represent all customers whose information was exposed in the data breach. She is suing for negligence, breach of implied contract and unjust enrichment, and is seeking certification of the class action, damages, fees, costs and a jury trial. She also demands that Cricket Wireless implement stronger security measures to protect customer data in the future.
Meanwhile, multiple class action lawsuits have recently been filed against companies due to data breach incidents. The class action lawsuits argue that companies, including Intuit, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, AT&T and several others failed to adequately safeguard and secure consumersโ data in such a way that would have prevented the data breaches.ย
Were you affected by the Cricket Wireless data breach? Let us know in the comments!ย
The plaintiffs are represented by Thomas Sizemore and Paul J. Doolittle of Poulin | Willey | Anastopoulo.
The Cricket Wireless data breach class action lawsuit is Alexis Morgan v. Cricket Wireless LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-03253-ELR in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.ย
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1,139 thoughts onCricket Wireless class action claims data breach affects 10M customers
I received a letter from cricket letting me know my s.s number and data was breach way back never did I was received a text, call or letter for that date time and year I was effected by the breach!
I got a letter from Cricket and Rite Aid about the data breach
I received a letter from them about all 3 of my lines!!
Been with cricket for over 20 years.
Crickett is a sister company of ATT. Interesting this dates are the same as the ATT breach dates. I have had Crickett since 2016. I had ATT from 2009 to 2016 before switching to Crickett. I did get a letter from ATT in July 2024 with an ID number & the same dates of the breach as Crickett. 4 phone lines. So, if I didnโt have ATT during the hack- why did they send me the official letter? Why wouldnโt CRickett instead? Because they are sister companies!! Include me in this. I also started getting my phone blew up with phishing text and calls after the hack.
I received a letter from cricket about the data breach
I been having problems with all 3 of my phones. Keep going out and hanging up on.
If someone doesnโtreceive a text or letter, how can they know if theyโve been compromised?
I didnโt receive a text or letter from Cricket Wireless in July 2024
I knew something was going on with them but I didnโt know what till I looked at my credit report today & found out my stuff was compromised. Iโve been with cricket over 10 yrs & I NEVER got a letter so Iโm coming for them.
Ive received a text from cricket about this issue
I received a letter from Cricket about the data breach.
We got a letter from Cricket informing us that all 3 phone numbers on the account were compromised during the data breach.
I received a letter and my number and phone and service has been compromised