Canadian retail banking group Desjardins has been hit with a class-action lawsuit following a data breach that exposed the personal information of 2.7 million individual and 173,000 business members. Claimant Hugo Langlois alleges Desjardins Group did not meet its obligations to safeguard data, including social insurance numbers, names and birthdays, which was shared by a former employee. Desjardins recently increased its offer to pay for a credit monitoring plan and identity theft insurance for those affected from Friday.
Canadian retail banking group Desjardins has been hit with a class-action lawsuit following a data breach that exposed the personal information of 2.7 million individual and 173,000 business members. Claimant Hugo Langlois alleges Desjardins Group did not meet its obligations to safeguard data, including social insurance numbers, names and birthdays, which was shared by a former employee. Desjardins recently increased its offer to pay for a credit monitoring plan and identity theft insurance for those affected from 12 months to five years.