Company also accused of not sufficiently defending its systems to protect customer's details.
The American optical retail chain Visionworks has been sued over a data breach it suffered in October.
According to the San Antonio Current, the lawsuit says the company failed to notify 40,000 customers after their data was exposed in a cyber-attack.
Visionworks is also accused of not sufficiently defending its systems, resulting in the exfiltration of customers' names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, home and email addresses, financial details, and medical information.
The lawsuit urged the firm to not only offer all impacted customers at least half a decade's worth of free credit monitoring but also monetary compensation along with a promise to bolster its systems' cybersecurity defenses.
Written by
Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
