According to Anthony Viti, former Met employee – the largest performing arts organization in the country – and the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, the private information that is compromised in the breach includes victim’s Social Security number, driver’s license number, date of birth and financial account information.
When the breach was first reported by The New York Times in December, the company’s website and box office had been down for more than 30 hours.
The lawsuit reads, “For approximately two months, The Met failed to detect an intruder with access to and possession of The Met’s current/former employees and consumers’ data[…]It took a complete shutdown of The Met’s website and box office for The Met to finally detect the presence of the intruder.”
Following the incident, The Met requested a third-party forensic investigation, which revealed that cybercriminals had stolen personally identifiable information over a two-month period between September and December.
“Through an investigation conducted by third-party specialists, the Met learned that an unknown actor gained access to
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