Stellantis North America Sued Over Everest Ransomware Attack

Stellantis North America was sued by a married couple from Illinois for allegedly negligently failing to protect customer data after hackers stole their personal information in a ransomware attack.

Loria and Thomas Spadafore filed the class-action lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The complaint alleges the Everest ransomware group breached Stellantis’ systems around December 25, 2025, accessing one terabyte of sensitive customer data.

The hackers threatened to publish the information unless the maker of Jeep, Chrysler, Fiat and other marques paid a ransom, but the company refused and the criminals released the data ...