Illinois Class Action Suit Highlights Issues When An Employer Allegedly Breaches Employee Data
A class action entitled Wade v. ABM Indus. Inc., 2018 CH 3855 was initiated last week against ABM Industries (“ABM”) in Illinois based on allegations that ABM recently breached its employee’s Personal Information. In summary, the class action plaintiff claims he was damaged by his employer, ABM, “when it ‘allowed hackers to obtain access to Plaintiff’s and other employees’ Personal Information.” In particular, the class action plaintiff claims his Personal Information “should not have been susceptible to unauthorized access through the use of one of the oldest, and least sophisticated types of cyber-attacks – the ‘phishing email scheme.’” [Read more…]
