Rite Aid Agrees to 68M Settlement Over Data Breach Scandal USA Herald

pIn a dramatic legal turn Rite Aid has consented to a 68 million settlement to resolve class action allegations that it failed to prevent a cyberattack compromising the sensitive information of over 2 million customers The settlement preliminarily approved by US District Judge Harvey Bartle III on Tuesday allows claimants to receive up to 10000 for documented losses stemming from the breach according to a court filing in PennsylvaniappThe lawsuit which consolidated multiple class actions accused Rite Aid of negligence in handling customer data and delaying notification of the breach for over a month after it occurred in June 2024 Victims of the breach argued that Rite Aids notice lacked critical details including whether the hackers had been identified or if the stolen data was held for ransomppThe pharmacy chain only offered credit monitoring and identity restoration servicesan effort plaintiffs slammed as woefully inadequate given the scope of the breach Critics contended that Rite Aid failed to disclose whether compromised data surfaced on the dark web fueling further mistrust among affected consumersppThe breach which resulted from an unknown third party impersonating a Rite Aid employee granted the attackers access to certain business systems According to the companys security incident notice Rite Aid detected the breach within 12 hours and swiftly launched an internal probe However the stolen data included deeply personal detailsnames addresses birth dates and even governmentissued identification documentslinked to purchases made between June 6 2017 and July 30 2018ppppWe are The Peoples Media USA Herald covers everything from breaking news to investigative journalism We also report on politics on the State and National levelsp