Staffing Agency Hit With Class Action Over Alleged Data Breach

A California staffing agency failed to protect its employees’ sensitive data, a former employee alleging the company hasn’t disclosed a data breach said in his proposed class action complaint.

Kawauna Pittman’s social security number was taken from Kimco Staffing Services Inc.'s systems and posted on the dark web, according to his complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of California on Monday. The company hasn’t notified employees or the California attorney general of the alleged data breach, the complaint says.

Pittman says his injuries arising from the alleged breach include the “diminution in the value” of ...