Lawsuit For FIS And Others Over Data Loss

A California law firm has recently filed a class-action suit against Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) and one of its subsidiaries with negligence in connection with a data breach that exposed 8.5 million people to identity theft.

The complaint was filed by San Francisco-based Girard Gibbs LLP on behalf of the 8.5 million victims. The suit does not seek specific damages.

FIS disclosed the incident last month that a Certegy senior database administrator had illegally accessed and downloaded millions of consumer records, and then sold them to illegal data brokers.

Eric Gibbs, an attorney at Girard Gibbs mentions that the companies failed to properly monitor and supervise the activities of employees entrusted with consumer data.