Deadline approaching for Cash App claims
Users may file for up to $2,500 in damages
By: Cheryl V. Jackson,
John tufts
and ahjane Forbes
USA Today Network
..... There's not much time for Cash App users to file a claim for reimbursement for the data and security breach.
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Users have until November 12, 2024, to file a claim for the $15 million in damages the mobile payment service was ordered to pay out in a recent settlement.
..... Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Cash App Investing and Block Incorporated filed after a December 2021 data breach said the companies failed to "exercise reasonableness care in securing and safeguarding consumer information."
..... The breach affected 8.2 million current and former Cash App Investing customers, the lawsuit said. Cash App users receive up to $2,500.
..... The lawsuit said that the December 2021 data breach resulted, "in the unauthorized public release of the personally identifiable information of 8.2 million current and former Cash App Investing customers."
..... A former employee additionally gained access to cash App users' personal information during their employment and downloaded the data without the users' knowledge, the lawsuit said.
..... Cash App users should check to see if they had unauthorized or fraudulent withdrawals or transfers of funds from their Cash App account between August 23, 2018 and August 20, 2024, the payment service said.
..... Eligible users can submit a claim for up to $2,500, the Cash App website said. Cash App users must have had an account on August 23, 2018, and before August 20, 2024, to be able to file a claim.