Met Opera is sued over compromising staff and customer data

When the Met online box-office was shut down for nine days last December by a major hack, the loss of revenue was extreme.

But those costs could be about to go sky-high.

Anthony Viti, a former Met employee, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of 45,000 other staff and customers, claiming that his Social Security number, driver’s license, date of birth and financial account information were all accessed by the hackers.

Once the hack was first discovered, he alleges, it took more than two months for the Met to get protected: ‘For approximately two months, The Met failed to detect an intruder with access to and possession of The Met’s current/former employees and consumers’ data. It took a complete shutdown of The Met’s website and box office for The Met to finally detect the presence of the intruder.’

The Met’s response? ‘We strongly believe this case has no merit.’

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