[BreachExchange] Class action lawsuit filed against ODJFS consultant after Ohio Pandemic Unemployment Assistance data leak

[Destry Winant]

https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/05/21/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-odjfs-consultant-following-data-leak/

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A class action lawsuit was filed against
Deloitte Consulting on Thursday, after 26 people — who had filed for
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance — were accidentally given the ability
to view a screen only meant for Ohio unemployment staff members.

The screen contained social security numbers and addresses, and it was
viewable for about an hour until the data leak was fixed, ODJFS
Director Kim Hall told 19 News on Thursday.

Dan Bozin, Tim Smith and Alexandria Polichena filed the lawsuit and
claim that “Deloitte was brought in as an expert consultant by the
State of Ohio to expedite the processing of plaintiffs’ and Class
members’ unemployment claims. However, Deloitte negligently and
recklessly made the Plaintiffs’ and Class members’ path to recovery
significantly harder by putting their identity and credit standing at
risk.”

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According to Hall, it would usually take six months to develop an
online unemployment filing and application system, but that Deloitte
had built it in four weeks.

The plaintiffs have demanded a jury trial in the Cuyahoga County Court
of Common Pleas.

19 News is reaching out to Deloitte Consulting for comment; this
article will be updates when we hear back.