Planet Home Lending Faces Class Action Over 2023 Data Breach

Planet Home Lending LLC failed to protect the personal information of nearly 200,000 people that was exposed in a November 2023 data breach, a proposed federal class action said.

Frank Canepa alleged that Planet Home failed to implement adequate and reasonable data security measures or follow required data-protection protocols.

Information exposed in the breach included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial-account numbers, according to a complaint filed Feb. 2 in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Planet Home said in a statement that the suit was “without merit,” and that the breach arose from ...