Wisconsin Company Offering Up To $5,000 Per Person in Data Breach Settlement Covering 578,699 People
A Wisconsin-based company has agreed to pay millions into a fund to resolve claims from a data breach that exposed sensitive personal details of hundreds of thousands of people.
Johnson Controls says it became aware on or about September 24th of 2023 of a cyber incident in which an unauthorized actor accessed its systems from February 1st to September 30th of 2023 and took information including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, health and medical data, financial accounts, government IDs and biometric information.
About 578,699 people have been notified, with notices beginning in June of 2025.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted preliminary approval on September 18th of 2026 to a $5.475 million non-reversionary fund in In re Johnson Controls, Inc. Data Incident Litigation.
The class covers all living U.S. residents who were sent notice that their information may have been compromised.
Eligible people can claim up to $5,000 in documented losses tied to the incident, or take an alternate cash payment estimated at $50 that requires no documentation.
All claimants can also request two years of one-bureau credit monitoring, with up to $1 million in identity theft insurance.
Claims are due by February 1st of 2027, and the final approval hearing is set for January 15th of 2027.
Johnson Controls denies all claims and any wrongdoing, and the court has not ruled on the merits.
Johnson Controls is a publicly traded building technology company based in Wisconsin.
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