Oregon sued on behalf of 35 million whose private driver license ID card data was stolen in data breach oregonlivecom

pData collected by the Oregon DMV for driver licenses and ID cards was stolen in May 2023 The data breach prompted a lawsuit on Friday April 26 2024ppA 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 35 million Oregon residents whose driver license and ID card information was stolenppThe plaintiffs Caery Evangelist and Brian Els are seeking classaction 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 CourtppAlso hacked were an estimated 2770 public and private organizations from New York City schools to British Airways and the BBC amounting to more than 90 million victims worldwide according to the antimalware company EmsisoftppThe lawsuit doesnt state how much each Oregonian could receive if its successful at winning compensation on the behalf of millions of residents But the lawsuit sets a minimum floor of 10 million and doesnt cite an upper limitppIt also asks a court to award lifetime credit monitoring and identity theft insurance for all residents who were victimizedppThe suit says the data breach cost both Evangelist and Els as well as an untold number of other state residents 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 Evangelist ended up spending 65 to sign up for a credit monitoring service the suit saysppData breach QAppHackers pulled off the largest data breach in at least 5 years when they accessed 35 million Oregonians drivers licenses and ID cardsppThe stolen data represents a gold mine for data thieves the suit says It adds that the thieves could use the information to help them or people who buy the data from them commit a variety of sordid crimes including using victims names to open financial accounts take out loans obtain medical care receive government benefits give false information to police and apply for drivers licenses with another persons photoppDavid House a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation and Oregon Driver Motor Vehicle Services declined to comment because of the pending litigation DMV is a division of the state transportation departmentppThe lawsuit states that a critical flaw in ODOTs MOVEit software provided by the company Progress Software Corporation created a vulnerability that the thieves exploited The suit faults the state for allegedly not appropriately acting to protect Oregonians against that weaknessppState 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 State officials dont have a way of telling whether that information was illicitly used After last years breach they posted an informational page hereppThe lawsuit was filed by Lake Oswego attorneys Paul Barton and Alex Gravenpp Aimee Green covers breaking news and the justice system Reach her at 5032945119 agreenoregoniancom or oaimeeppOur journalism needs your support Subscribe today to OregonLivecomppIf you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site we may receive compensation By using this site you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks interactions and personal information may be collected recorded andor stored by us and social media and other thirdparty partners in accordance with our Privacy PolicyppUse of andor registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement updated 4182024 Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your Privacy Choices and Rights updated 12312023ppCookie SettingsDo Not Sell My Personal Informationpp 2024 Advance Local Media LLC All rights reserved About Us The material on this site may not be reproduced distributed transmitted cached or otherwise used except with the prior written permission of Advance LocalppCommunity Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this siteppYouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available hereppAd Choicesp