Personal data belonging to more than 155,000 former Pierce College students and staff was leaked on the dark web after a cyberattack this summer, according to a lawsuit.
The Pierce College District is accused of failing to safeguard the sensitive details, including Social Security numbers and banking information, of people affected by the data breach. Sally McAuley, a district student in 2022 and this year, sued the district for negligence in Pierce County Superior Court in an action that her attorneys intend to be a class-action filing, court records show.
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