Liberty First Credit Union Sued Twice Over September Data Breach

Nebraska-based Liberty First Credit Union was hit with two proposed federal class actions accusing the company of negligently failing to protect the personal information of more than 52,000 people that was exposed in a September data breach.

Denise Walker and Susan McMurtry alleged in separate lawsuits that Liberty First breached its duties under common law, contract law, industry standards, and the Federal Trade Commission Act to implement reasonable and adequate data-security measures, and failed to provide timely and adequate notice of the breach.

Information exposed in the incident included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and account numbers, according to the ...