On November 20th I told you that Doordash  had suffered a major data breach on October 25th, but took 19 days before it notified by email millions of its customers that personal information of theirs had been compromised.  The information consisted of names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses and while this information is not as sensitive as Social Security numbers or credit card numbers, it still puts victims of the data breach in danger of spear phishing emails that can lure them into becoming scam victims.  The data breach was not the result of a computer hacking, but rather social engineering in which a psychologically skilled scammer convinced a DoorDash employee into giving him access to the company’s data.

Now Michelle Andrizzi has filed a class action in  the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California in response to the data breach alleging DoorDash was negligent in failing to use reasonable security procedures and practices to secure the sensitive, unencrypted information of its customers it maintained. This is the third major data breach suffered by DoorDash since 2019 and is a good indication that its cybersecurity is lacking.

TIPS

As for the victims of these data breaches, the first thing they should do is freeze their credit if they have not already done so.  Freezing your credit is actually something everyone should do.  It is free and easy to do.  In addition, it protects you from someone using your identity to obtain loans or make large purchases even if they have your Social Security number.  If you have not already done so, put a credit freeze on your credit reports at each of the major credit reporting agencies.  Here are links to each of them with instructions about how to get a credit freeze:

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