Seagate sued by its own staff for leaking personal info to identity thieves
Seagate is trying to fight off a lawsuit filed by employees whose personal information was lost when the storage giant was hit with a phishing attack.
The company is in the midst of a hearing over whether the aggrieved workers have grounds to sue their employer for negligence after someone in human resources was duped into handing over copies of employee W‑2 tax forms.
The suit [PDF], originally filed in July through the Northern California District Court, accuses the hard drive maker of negligence and unfair business practices stemming from the March 1, 2016 incident when a phishing attack lead to the W‑2 information on all Seagate employees, as well as family members and beneficiaries named in employee W‑2 forms.
