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Office Of Personnel Management data breach settlement

Office Of Personnel Management settled a data breach claim for $63 million, with up to $10,000 per person. The claim window closed on December 23, 2022, so this one can no longer be claimed — but new settlements open all the time, and some are paying out right now. The free check tells you in seconds whether your email is in a breach that still pays.

The numbers

Settlement fund$63 million
Maximum per person$10,000
What it coveredUp to $10,000
Claim deadline (passed)December 23, 2022
Final approval hearingOctober 14, 2022
CaseIn re: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Data Security Breach Litigation , Case No. 15-1394, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Who was covered

The settlement benefits those who suffered losses in connection to the Office of Personnel Management’s 2014 and 2015 cyber attacks or Peraton’s 2013 and 2014 cyber attacks and if, after May 7, 2014, you suffered an out-of-pocket expense or lost compensable time: (1) to purchase a credit monitoring product, credit or identity theft protection product, or other product or service designed to identi

Where to claim

The administrator’s site is OPMdatabreach.com. The window is closed, so it is there for the record, not to file.

Source: Top Class Actions

Being in the breach is not the same as being in the class. Class membership usually turns on having received the company’s own notice letter, and only the settlement administrator can confirm it. We are not lawyers, we take no fee from any claim, and we never file on anyone’s behalf.

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