Sonic Drive-In Franchisee Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

Sweetwater Franchise Group LLC and its third-party accounting firm Alford, Holloway & Smith PLLC failed to protect the personal information of current and former Sonic drive-in restaurant employees that was exposed in a February data breach, a proposed federal class action said.

Plaintiff Andrea Turner, who worked at an SFG Sonic location around a decade ago, alleged that the company and its accounting firm failed to encrypt or adequately protect sensitive information collected from employees, secure the hardware used to store sensitive information, or follow required data-security practices.

Information exposed in the breach included names and Social Security numbers, according ...