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A Capital One class action claims that the company’s recent data breach affected millions of Canadians, entitling them to compensation.
Plaintiffs Brian Hennings and Raylene Yurkewich say they were affected by the 2019 Capital One data breach, which caused their personal information to be compromised.
Capital One reportedly became aware of the data breach in mid July 2019. By July 19, the company allegedly confirmed that 106 million of their customers had their personal information compromised when a third party accessed the data in March 2019.
By July 29, Capital One revealed that 6 million Canadians had been affected by the data breach.
The Capital One data breach allegedly occurred due to a misconfigured firewall. The cybersecurity failure reportedly allowed hackers to access Capital One’s cloud repository where they accessed customer information.
According to the Canadian Capital One class action, a variety of information from consumers who applied for a Capital One credit card between 2005 and 2019 was compromised in the breach.
Hackers reportedly got a hold of names, mailing addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, credit history, Social Security numbers or Social Insurance Numbers, bank account numbers, email address, employment status, annual income, household income, monthly rent, and other financial information.
Rather than Social Security numbers, Canadian consumers reportedly had their Social Insurance Numbers compromised. These numbers are required to work in Canada and are as essential to Canadian residents as Social Security numbers are to Americans.
“Regardless of whether an individual is able to get a replacement SIN number, it will have significant impact on them as they will have to notify all financial institutions that they deal with and they could still be liable for debts created from an imposter using their old SIN card,” the Canadian Capital One class action lawsuit states.
Hennings and Yurkewich claim that they are among the millions of Canadian consumers who had their data stolen in the Capital One data breach.
They say that they will suffer from a variety of damages, including the need for credit monitoring and identity theft insurance, anxiety about potential fraud, and the potential injury of identity theft, credit card fraud, and other types of fraudulent behavior they may fall victim to.
The plaintiffs in the Capital One class action seek to represent a Class of Canadian individuals who had their personal information compromised by the Capital One data breach.
They also seek to represent a Family Class of people who are entitled to make claims as a result of the data breach by reason of their familial relationship with a Class Member.
Are you a Canadian resident affected by the Capital One data breach? Share your experiences in the comment section below!
Plaintiffs and the proposed Class are represented by Clint Docken of Guardian Law Group LLP and James Brown of James H. Brown & Associates.
The Capital One Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit is Hennings, et al. v. Capital One Financial Corp, et al., Case No. 1901-11704, in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Calgary.
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78 thoughts onCapital One Class Action Says Data Breach Affected 6M Canadians
I had my sin# amongst other personal data stolen please add me
I recieved a letter from capital one saying my account was breached. Add me please
I have already left the comment about the Capital One data breach in CANADA I have nothing but problems my bank account keeps getting compromised with missing money on an ongoing basis I’ve got letters from creditors tell me that I owe $26,000 on credit cards I’ve never had the list goes on and on I have been contacted by Capital One and they let me know that all my information was leaked in their data breach my social insurance number birthday bank accounts addresses name everything they could get they got they offered me one year credit not credit monitoring to ensure everything would be okay I don’t understand how they can say that when I’ve had nothing but problems I have stuff on my credit report that is not mine my credit score has been below average since this has happened I just like to know when they’re going to be held accountable for things that they’ve done to Canadian citizens like this is insane I don’t think I’d ever get my credit back up or anything and I’m tired of these people call me and tell me I owe them money I just tell them it’s not me maybe it’s my daughter-in-law Kim I don’t know what to say anyways I’m sure I’ve already fought filled out a claim form at least I hope I have thank you
Please add me to the capital One class action. I am a card holder with my husband. We have been a card holder for years!
Please add me to class action for capital one
I am a card holder also, please add me to the list.
Please add me
I received a letter from capital one data breaches telling me that me identity had been compromised in their data breach and then they informed me that I would receive a year of free monitoring my identity through one of their modern companies I’m not sure what it says I still have the letter but I think that seeing that my identity was compromised through their data breach that’s a small gesture that they have made for something that could affect me the rest of my life I still have the letter as I said if you need me to give it to you and verifying that why identification has been compromised through their data breach please add me to class action lawsuit I have already put in a claim for this I just haven’t heard anything yet thank you very much
Add me because capital one say I own $800.
I am an account holder at Capital One – 2 credit cards; please add me to the to the Class Action Lawsuit. I received a letter from Capital One stating that my personal data was compromised.