BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A Central Illinois-based collection agency and so-called “customer engagement agency” is subject to at least five class action lawsuits around the country essentially accusing the firm of mishandling a massive data breach.
The suits have been filed by former customers and employees of Bloomington-based AFNI. In one filed in Peoria, they claim AFNI had a data breach in June of last year affecting hundreds of thousands of people, but that the company waited more than a year to tell anyone.
“Breaches should not occur,” said Oklahoma-based attorney William Federman, to 25 News. “They generally happen to corporations when the companies do not spend the sufficient amount of money to secure.”
Federman will be representing at least four of the victims in Illinois, Michigan, and Kentucky.
“Breaches should not occur,” Federman said. “They generally happen to corporations when the companies do not spend the sufficient amount of money to secure.”
The suits claim through the data breach, AFNI violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act. Federman believes there may be more victims throughout the country.
No comment yet from AFNI.
CLICK HERE to read one of the lawsuits, one filed in federal court in Peoria (PDF document).
