Sodexo Hit With Proposed Data Breach Class Action by Ex-Worker

Sodexo Inc., the food services and facilities management firm, failed to protect the personal information of its current and former employees from cyber-criminals, according to a proposed class action.

A hacker group took hundreds of gigabytes of employee data from Sodexo systems and posted the collection online, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Maryland.

The plaintiff said he and other class members provided sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, to Sodexo as part of the hiring process. The breach demonstrated Sodexo failed to safeguard their sensitive, confidential data as it ...