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Class Action Action filed for Aetna breach of employee data
Fallout from inadequate data protection practices
continues to threaten corporate America
ADDITIONAL DATA SECURITY STORIES:

  • Critical Data Found on Harddrives Randomly Purchased on EBay!Watch the News Video Here

  • May 2009 – Hard Drive on E-bay contained U.S. top secret missile plans
  • April 2009 – Sprint Employee Steals Customer Data
  • Feb 2009 – Data Loss Costing Companies $6.6 Million Per Breach
  • Jan 2009 – Damage Awards on Privacy Breaches Getting Serious

 The price tag for lack of attention to critical data security continues to add up in the corporate world, as a federal class action lawsuit is filed against Aetna Insurance. Originally filed by former employee Corneilus Allison, the suit was in response to a breach of a company employment website containing personal data and e-mails from 450,000 current, former and prospective personnel.

A former employee of Aetna has filed a class action lawsuit against the company following the breach of an employment Website that contained personal data and email from some 450,000 current, former, and prospective employees. In addition, 65,000 Social Security numbers were stored on the site.

Aetna has disclosed that some of the email information had been used to create fake email to contact people whose information was stored on the site. The company has offered free credit monitoring services to employees affected by the breach.

The federal class action demands credit monitoring, punitive damages, costs, and other relief.