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U.S. Bank Data Breach

Posted on behalf of Arnold Law Firm on November 2, 2022 in Data Breach

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from U.S. Bank, IT IS NOT A SCAM – it is a real data breach: contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

U.S. Bank Data Breach In October, 2022, U.S. Bank discovered that one of its vendors shared the personal information of its customers with unauthorized third parties.  U.S. Bank began notifying impacted people in October 2022, confirming that unauthorized third parties obtained access to U.S. Bank’s personal information including their names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, closed account numbers, and outstanding balances with U.S. Bank. The individuals impacted by this are U.S. Bank’s current and former customers with a closed U.S. Bank Credit Card account. Your information was shared by a collections company U.S. Bank employs as a vendor.

U.S. Bank was founded under national bank charter number 24 in 1863 and is number 150 on the Fortune 500. U.S. Bank is headquartered in Minneapolis Minnesota and is the 5th largest bank in the United States with total assets worth more than half a trillion dollars.  At least 11,000 current and former customers were impacted by this breach. If you received a data breach incident letter from U.S. Bank you were impacted by the breach.

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?

According to U.S. Bank the following information was exposed:

  • Names
  • Addresses
  • Social Security Numbers
  • Dates of Birth
  • Closed Account Numbers
  • Outstanding Balance with U.S. Bank

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.

U.S. Bank is offering 24 months of free Identity Monitoring. 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.

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