Data breach at Countrywide Financial leads to class action lawsuit
When it was discovered that Rene Rebollo came into the office every Sunday for two years and stole a total of roughly two million files, Countrywide’s management said they were unaware he was downloading customer information to sell it; they just though Rene Rebollo, 36, was an especially hard working employee. Now, a class action lawsuit asks whether Rebollo was working on his own, or whether he was just the fall guy tasked with selling off the stolen information to raise money for the failing Countrywide Home Loan.
The plaintiffs are asking for a $20 million settlement and additional punitive damages because of their elevated identity theft risk they face and the invasion of their privacy. (more…)
