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Company: Kroger Co.
Current Parent Company: Kroger
Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Kroger agreed to pay $5 million to settle class action litigtion brought by customers whose personal data was involved in a cyberattack against Kroger's software vendor Accellion.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:21cv1887
Case Name: Cochran et al v. Accellion, Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-supermarkets
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