The purpose of a lawsuit is to make the at-fault party, who is responsible for an injury or damages, financially accountable and not put the burden or costs on the family or the taxpayer. But with the lawsuit that has been filed against the State of Oregon, the taxpayer gets hurt no matter which way the case lands.
A pair of Oregonians have filed a lawsuit that could force the state to pay up – to the tune of many millions of dollars – for a massive international data breach that occurred last year that victimized 3.5 million Oregon residents whose driver license and ID card information was stolen. That is 90% of the state’s licensed drivers and identification card holders. Who knows how the other 10% got lucky.
The plaintiffs, Caery Evangelist and Brian Els, are seeking class-action status for all the state residents affected by the cyberattack. The suit says the data breach not only cost both Evangelist and Els – as well as an untold number of other state residents – their identity but also cost them time that they can’t get back. Evangelist and Els claim dozens of hours trying to protect themselves from the fallout, including by learning about what happened, regularly monitoring credit reports, and researching credit monitoring services.
The lawsuit doesn’t state how much each Oregonian could receive if it’s successful at winning compensation on the behalf of millions of residents. But the lawsuit sets a minimum floor of $10 million and doesn’t cite an upper limit. It also asks a court to award lifetime credit monitoring and identity theft insurance for all residents who were victimized.
State officials have said anyone with an Oregon driver license or ID card that was active at the time of the data breach should assume that their information was stolen but don’t have a way of telling whether that information was illicitly used. Go on to the Dark Web to get your answer.
Today’s Fraud of The Day is based on article “Oregon sued on behalf of 3.5 million whose private driver license, ID card data was stolen in data breach”published by The Oregonian on April 30, 2024.
A pair of Oregonians have filed a lawsuit that could force the state to pay up – to the tune of many millions of dollars – for a massive international data breach last year that victimized 3.5 million Oregon residents whose driver license and ID card information was stolen.
The plaintiffs, Caery Evangelist and Brian Els, are seeking class-action status for all affected state residents whose information – including names, addresses, dates of birth, last four digits of Social Security numbers, heights and weights – were hacked in May 2023 by a Russian cybergang, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in Marion County Circuit Court.
