Certegy Sued Over Data Breach

SAN FRANCISCO – A consumer filed suit against Fidelity National Information Services and its Certegy subsidiary on behalf of an estimated 8.5 million consumers whose financial and personal data was stolen by an employee at Certegy Check Services. The suit, filed in federal court here, claims a senior database administrator appropriated the confidential information, then sold the data to direct marketing firms and data brokers who may have resold it to others. The suit was filed on behalf of a Los Angeles resident who noticed a major influx of direct marketing and promotional offers as well as phone calls to his home prior to announcement of the data breach. The suit alleges Certegy failed to implement and maintain adequate security measures to protect consumers’ confidential information.