Airline-chasing lawyers leap on Easyjet for £18bn after 9m folks' data, itineraries nicked A law firm that is already chasing British Airways now claims it is suing Easyjet for up to £18bn, intending to take a modest £5.4bn cut for itself, after nine million people's data was stolen from the airline's servers. The no-win-no-fee firm, PGMBM, claimed in a statement today to have filed a case in London's High Court …
Considering how many Easyjet customers (including me) have vouchers due to cancellations, this sort of lawsuit doesn't seem to benefit anyone. Landing EJ with a bill like that might just push them over the edge into bankruptcy, and everyone loses.
My personal info was affected by the breach, and some scammers now have details of flights that I didn't take, and a one-shot email address that is only used for EJ. It's mildly annoying, and I hope the ICO delivers a suitable smack on the wrist, but personally I have no desire to make lawyers rich over it. I'd prefer EJ to stay in business.
oh, but it does, I'm pretty sure those brave legal eages, aka "Airline-chasing lawyers" have already made sure that WHATEVER happens, they come out better off than before. Unless, correct me if I'm wrong, they do it (rinse, repeat) because they feel a moral obligation to fight the injustice inflicted on innocent people wronged by this vile corporate airline (rinse, repeat)?
They also have your address and phone number.
Not according to the email I got from easyJet: "name, email address, and travel details ... information including where you were travelling from and to, your departure date, booking reference number, the booking date and the value of the booking were accessed", but no passport or credit card details.
Still, my address and phone number are public information anyway.
Like I say, annoying, but I wouldn't want to see them bankrupted for it.
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