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Seagate To Settle Phishing Scam With $5.75M In-Kind Deal

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Dissent

Seagate was one of many companies whose employee W-2 data were phished in 2016. In September 2016, the employees sued over the incident. Now Dave Simpson reports that the suit has a tentative settlement:

Seagate Technologies LLC has agreed to a settlement that includes services valued at $5.75 million to end a proposed class action brought by workers who say that 12,000 employees and employee relatives suffered harm after a data phishing incident last year, according to a settlement proposal filed in California federal court Thursday.

Read more on Law360. (sub.req.)

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