Data Breach

Carnival Corporation is facing multiple class action lawsuits — including Pottle v. Carnival Corp., Case No. 1:26-cv-22801, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida — alleging the cruise giant failed to protect and timely notify customers after hackers stole roughly 8.7 million personal records in April 2026. If you’ve booked…

The Datavant Data Breach Settlement is a class action where individuals whose personal information may have been exposed in a May 2024 phishing attack on Ciox Health, LLC d/b/a Datavant Group can receive up to $5,000 for documented losses — or a no-proof cash payment — by filing a claim before August 18, 2026. Datavant…

The Youth and Shelter Services data breach settlement is a class action case where eligible U.S. residents whose personal information was compromised in a September 2023 cyberattack can receive up to $2,500 — or a flat $50 cash payment with no proof required — by filing a claim before July 20, 2026. Plaintiff Justin Zobel…

A new class action lawsuit alleges Eyemart Express failed to properly secure and safeguard the personally identifiable information and protected health information of thousands of individuals after the Payouts King ransomware group allegedly exfiltrated 435 GB of data around March 10, 2026. The complaint was filed April 30, 2026 in Texas federal court — and…

The Cross Valley Federal Credit Union data breach settlement covers members whose private information was potentially accessible in the December 2024 cyberattack, and allows eligible individuals to receive up to $5,000 for documented losses — or a flat $50 cash payment with no proof required — by filing before the July 18, 2026 deadline. The…

The Nucor Corporation data breach settlement covers individuals who received a written breach notice from Nucor in or around June 2025, and allows eligible class members to claim up to $8,200 in reimbursement — plus free credit monitoring — by filing before the June 9, 2026 deadline. A threat actor illegally accessed Nucor’s systems between…

Cushman & Wakefield Inc. is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accusing the global commercial real estate company of failing to protect current and former clients’ confidential information from hackers who breached its systems. The company confirmed the attack stemmed from a…

Most people who receive a data breach notification assume there is nothing they can do except change their password and hope for the best. That assumption leaves real money on the table. Data breach lawsuits have resulted in some of the largest consumer settlements in U.S. history, and even smaller cases regularly pay out hundreds…