Sabre GLBL Inc. shed a proposed data breach class action after a federal court ruled some of the travel industry software company’s workers failed to plead the damages necessary for their substantive claims.
The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas said the workers’ negligence and breach of implied contract claims couldn’t work under state law, and their unjust enrichment claim was insufficiently pleaded. The dismissal was without prejudice.
Sabre—which collects identification documents, birthdays, and financial information from employees—reported in 2024 that it experienced a data breach the year prior. The company offered two years of credit monitoring ...
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Employees',
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'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
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'documents',
'Birthdays',
'Financial '
'information']},
'date_detected': '2023',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024',
'description': 'Sabre GLBL Inc. faced a proposed data breach '
'class action which was dismissed by a federal '
'court. The court ruled that some workers failed '
'to plead the necessary damages for their '
'substantive claims. The company reported a data '
'breach in 2024 that occurred the prior year, '
'involving the exposure of identification '
'documents, birthdays, and financial information '
'of employees. Sabre offered two years of credit '
'monitoring following the breach.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': None,
'conversion_rate_impact': None,
'customer_complaints': None,
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'birthdays, financial information',
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'financial_loss': None,
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'legal_liabilities': 'Class action lawsuit dismissed '
'without prejudice',
'operational_impact': None,
'payment_information_risk': 'High',
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'systems_affected': None},
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'entry_point': None,
'high_value_targets': None,
'reconnaissance_period': None},
'investigation_status': 'Dismissed without prejudice',
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': None,
'root_causes': None},
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'ransom_demanded': None,
'ransom_paid': None,
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'references': [{'date_accessed': None,
'source': 'US District Court for the Northern '
'District of Texas',
'url': None}],
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'legal_actions': 'Class action lawsuit',
'regulations_violated': None,
'regulatory_notifications': None},
'response': {'adaptive_behavioral_waf': None,
'communication_strategy': None,
'containment_measures': None,
'enhanced_monitoring': None,
'incident_response_plan_activated': None,
'law_enforcement_notified': None,
'network_segmentation': None,
'on_demand_scrubbing_services': None,
'recovery_measures': None,
'remediation_measures': 'Offered two years of '
'credit monitoring',
'third_party_assistance': None},
'title': 'Sabre GLBL Inc. Data Breach Class Action Dismissal',
'type': 'Data Breach'}