Sysco Corp. Hit With Pair of Class Actions Over Data Breach (1)

Sysco Corp. is facing two proposed federal class actions over a January data breach that exposed the personal information of 71,000 current and former employees.

Joseph Trottier and Jesse Rose alleged in separate lawsuits that Sysco, a global food distributor, negligently stored their information in an unencrypted, Internet accessible environment that was vulnerable to hackers.

The company employed inadequate security practices, failed to secure its hardware against intrusion, and failed to give victims timely notice of the incident, according to complaints filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the US District Court for ...