Venture Logistics Hit With Suit Over Breach of Workers’ Data

Venture Logistics failed to protect the personal information of more than 9,000 current and former employees that was exposed in a May 2023 data breach, a proposed federal class action said.

Julio Vargas, a former Venture employee, alleged that the trucking company breached its duties under common law and the Federal Trade Commission Act to implement reasonable and up-to-date data-security measures, adequately train its employees, and provide timely notice of the breach, the Thursday complaint said.

Information exposed in the breach included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or state identification numbers, financial-account information, credit- and debit-card ...