Data Breach Settlements

134 open data breach settlements.

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2022 Medibank Data Breach Representative Complaint

Join a class action Home Class actions Join a class action 2022 Medibank Data Breach Representative Complaint Medibank Data Breach Representative Complaint Maurice Blackburn has made a representative complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) against Medibank for a breach of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) over a major incident that resulted in a data breach of customer information. The breach involves millions of current and former Medibank, ahm and international student account holders. Update - February 2026 In August 2025, the OAIC sought submissions in relation to the process that the OAIC should undertake to assess harm and finalise this matter. We, on behalf of the representative complainant, provided submissions in response to this request in November 2025. Medibank also provided submissions. The matter now sits with the OAIC to make a decision as to what the next steps will be. We will provide a further update when this becomes available. The complaint alleges Medibank breached privacy laws and failed to adequately protect the personal and health information of its current and former customers. If you would like to receive updates about the progress of the complaint made to the OAIC, and you are a current or former Medibank, ahm or international student customer, you requested a health insurance quote from ahm, and/or Medibank has told you that your information was accessed or published in the data breach, please register. What information has been compromised?

Stor-a-File data breach

If you are concerned that your private and sensitive information held by Stor-a-File has been hacked by cyber-criminals please contact us today

Capita Data Breach Claim

In March 2023, Capita was the victim of a serious cyber-attack in which the personal data of 6.6 million people was stolen, including, in some cases, people’s financial, medical and other very sensitive information. In October 2025, Capita was fined £14 million for failing to keep this personal data safe. Those affected are likely to have claims for compensation for any distress and / or financial losses suffered.

ACRO Services Refunds

The FTC is sending a second round of checks to people who paid for credit card debt relief from ACRO Services. The scheme used many names including American Consumer Rights Organization, Reliance Solutions, Thacker & Associates, and Tri Star Consumer Group.

Ticketmaster Data Breach Canadian Class Action

CONSUMER LAW GROUP has instituted a Canadian class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation for failing to protect their customers’ personal and private information, including names, emails, home addresses, phone numbers, some credit card details, and other customer information.

ARAP/EGS Data breach claim

The lifting of a super injunction by the High Court in London on 15 July 2025 has revealed that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) experienced a serious data breach of the sensitive personal data of many thousands of Afghan citizens in 2022.

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University of Nottingham

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University of Nottingham Data Breach

Leading data breach lawyers say that the recent announcement by the University of Nottingham that a well-known cyber criminal group have accessed a "significant amount" of personal data of current students and alumni held by the University is likely

2022 Optus Data Breach Representative Complaint

Join a class action Home Class actions Join a class action 2022 Optus Data Breach Representative Complaint 2022 Optus Data Breach Representative Complaint Maurice Blackburn has made a representative complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) against Optus for a breach of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) over a major customer data breach involving millions of current and former Optus account holders. Update - February 2026 In July 2024, Optus requested that the Commissioner stop investigating the complaint, and we provided submissions about why the complaint should continue in August 2024. In August 2025, the OAIC filed civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Optus regarding this data breach (read more here). In October 2025, the OAIC advised that they were considering not investigating the representative complaint any further on the basis that the OAIC had now filed civil penalty proceedings. In November 2025, we again provided submissions about why the complaint should continue. We are now waiting for the OAIC to make a decision. We will provide a further update when this becomes available. The complaint alleges that Optus breached privacy laws by failing to adequately protect the personal information of its current and former customers. If you want to receive updates on the complaint made to the OAIC and you are a current or former Optus customer, please register. What information has been compromised? The compromised customer data includes customers’ names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and, for a subset of customers, addresses, ID document numbers such as driver's license or passport numbers. Am I affected?

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