Parker Hannifin Sued Again Over Breach of Employee Information

Parker Hannifin Corp. faces another proposed class action alleging that it failed to protect its employees’ personal data, leading to a breach that compromised the personally identifiable information of thousands of current and former employees.

The aerospace manufacturing company was first sued in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on May 23.

Now, it faces a lawsuit from another former employee, seeking to proceed anonymously as a John Doe—due to the “sensitive nature” of the action and the apparent availability of his personal identifying information on the so-called dark web—who claims that the company could have ...