DENVER–A proposed class of financial institutions, with a credit union as lead plaintiff, filed suit in Colorado federal court here against Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. over its recent data breach.
Bellwether Community CU in New Hampshire is the lead plaintiff.
According to the suit, the financial institutions are alleging that Chipotle’s weak data standards led to the exposure of customers’ names and debit/credit card numbers, resulting in costs to the financial institutions in closed accounts, stopped payments, the reissuance of cards, and more.
Chipotle reported its payments systems were likely hacked with information exposed between March 24 and April 18, 2017.