A Florida-based company is facing multiple legal complaints after a massive data breach. One proposed class action alleges hackers accessed nearly three billion files containing personal data on people in Canada, the U.S. and the United Kingdom, including names and addresses.A Florida-based company is facing multiple proposed class actions, after a massive data breach that one suit claims leaked nearly three billion files containing personal data on people in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.
The suit claims the company "has still not provided any notice or warning" to Hofmann or other people affected by the breach."In fact, upon information and belief, the vast majority of class members were unaware that their sensitive had been compromised, and that they were, and continue to be, at significant risk of identity theft and various other forms of personal, social, and financial harm," it says.
National Public Data's website says its services "are currently used by private investigators, consumer public record sites, human resources, staffing agencies and more." The company did not respond to a request for comment.The Florida Attorney General's office has not been notified of the breach, it told CBC in an email.
"I think it may surprise many people that these companies exist and are allowed to collect and store that data — and even worse, they aren't required to meet certain security criteria in order to do so," he said. "I mean, do they really need to hold on to all this data about people who died this long ago?" he said.