Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is involved in the Walters Art Museum data breach investigation that affected an unspecified number of individuals and their personal information.
Walters Art Museum notified the Maine Attorney General on September 27, 2024, that it suffered from a data breach. 5472 residents of Maine were affected, but it is not yet known what the nationwide number of affected individuals is. Walters Art Museum is an art museum that is based in Baltimore, Maryland. It has been in existence since 1934.
The compromised information includes a variety of highly sensitive details including:
- Social Security number
- driver’s license and/or state identification,
- account number,
- account type,
- routing number, and
- institution name.
The Walters Art Museum Data Breach Investigation
All of the information stolen is likely valuable and dangerous to affected victims. As is likely to be the case with the Walters Art Museum data breach, in previous data breaches, victims of data theft have noticed identity theft attempts ranging from fraudulent charges on bank accounts or credit cards, to unauthorized credit card applications, to medical services or government services ordered in their name, to their information being posted on the dark web, to a massive uptick in the number of spam text messages, calls and emails received. A notice letter is not yet available, and it is unclear whether victims have been notified. The Maine AG website reflects that notice has gone out, or will be made, via mail and e-mail.
Are you an Walters Art Museum patron concerned that you might be affected by this breach?
If you have concerns that you have been affected by this breach, or if you received the notice letter from Walters Art Museum, we would like to hear from you. Please complete the contact form on this page, send us an email at [email protected], or give us a call at (202) 470-3520.
The lawyers at Migliaccio & Rathod LLP have years of experience in class action litigation against large corporations, including in cases involving data breaches such as this. More information about our current cases and investigations is available on our blog.