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Wing Financial Services Data Breach

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NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Wing Financial Services, LLC, contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.
Wing Financial Services Data Breach On or about December 1, 2022, Wing Financial Services, LLC (“Wing Financial”) sent a Notice of Data Breach Letter (“Breach Letter”) to its customers, corporate and individuals, informing them their personally identifiable information (“PII”) was exposed through an “unauthorized party” that “certain client records appeared to have been exposed to an unaffiliated third-party website by an unauthorized user.” (“data breach”). According to the Breach Letter, hackers first gained access to Wing Financial’s systems on or about August 7, 2022, or even as early as September 2020 through January 2022. The PII stolen by the hackers included, but was not limited to, name, address, date of birth, unique biometric information, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or other state identification card numbers, individual tax identification numbers, passport numbers or other government ID, tax identification numbers, financial account numbers with access codes, payment card numbers, health insurance policy numbers, and medical treatment/history. The same information may include your spouse’s or partner’s or dependents’ personal information. Although Wing Financial learned of the data breach only “recently,” it still waited months to provide actual notice to victims despite knowing that hackers accessed its systems. In the Breach Letter, Wing Financial informed victims it found “these records to one Wing Financial server.” Wing Financial is an independently owned and operated Jackson Hewitt franchise located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Wing Financial provides tax preparation services including individuals and those claimed as dependents. If you received a Breach Letter from Wing Financial, you were impacted by the data breach. Wing Financial has offered data breach victims 12 months of Cyberscout credit and identity monitoring, but the deadline for victims to enroll may be a short window.

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?

According to Wing Financial, the following information was exposed:
  • Name
  • Address
  • Date of birth
  • Unique biometric information
  • Social Security numbers
  • Driver’s license numbers or other state identification card numbers
  • Individual tax identification numbers
  • Passport numbers or other government ID
  • Tax identification numbers
  • Financial account numbers with access codes
  • Payment card numbers
  • Health insurance policy numbers
  • Medical treatment/history, and
  • The same information may include your spouse’s, partner’s or dependent(s)’ personal information.
This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Wing Financial Services, LLC, contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

Settlement - $3,767,000

Truck Accident

A 20-year-old man who had been married for just 12 days left home on his way to work. He was driving on Pleasant Grove Road in Sutter County in the early morning when he came upon a slow-moving truck. As he pulled out to pass the truck, the truck driver turned left in front of him. The young man attempted to steer back into his lane but his vehicle struck an un-flagged piece of metal extending from the back of the truck. He died in the resulting crash.

Expert witnesses brought in by the Arnold Law Firm proved that the truck, owned and operated by a hauling firm, should never have been on the highway that morning. Specifically, the rear and side turn signals did not work and the rear-view mirror was in a poor state of adjustment at the time of the collision. As a result, the driver, who had failed to properly inspect the vehicle before setting out that morning, couldn’t see the young man’s vehicle as it attempted to pass.

The poor condition of the truck, its lack of maintenance and the manner in which it was operated were found to be substantial factors in causing the collision that killed the young man. The testimony also established that the man had been making a lawful pass at the lawful speed limit and acted reasonably when he attempted to avoid the collision.

The man’s 20-year-old widow was awarded $3,767,000.77, his parents were awarded $185,131 and the family was reimbursed $11,899 in funeral expenses. Though money is a poor substitute for a young man’s life, this verdict demonstrates that drivers who endanger the lives of others will be held accountable for their actions.