$1.05M Alpha Baking Co. Settlement Wraps Up Class Action Lawsuit Over Early-2025 Data Breach

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Alpha Baking Co. has agreed to a $1,050,000 settlement to wrap up a class action lawsuit that alleged the baked goods distributor failed to protect confidential information stored on its systems from a January 2025 data breach.

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The Alpha Baking Co. class action settlement received preliminary court approval on March 9, 2026. The deal covers all individuals who were sent notice by Alpha Baking Co. that their private information was impacted in the data breach.

The court-approved website for the Alpha Baking Co. class action settlement can be found at AlphaBakingSettlement.com.

Class members who submit a timely, valid claim form can receive up to $4,000 for documented out-of-pocket losses incurred between January 23, 2025 and June 22, 2026 due to the data breach. This benefit covers losses related to identity theft and fraud and expenses for replacement IDs, buying credit monitoring, freezing and/or unfreezing credit, postage to contact banks by mail, and more.

Class members must submit third-party documentation, such as receipts or bank statements, to receive a documented-loss payment.

In lieu of a documented-loss payment, class members may instead submit a claim form to receive an alternative cash payment of approximately $75. No proof is required to claim this benefit.

Further, all class members can submit a claim form to receive two years of CyEx Financial Shield Complete, which includes fraud and identity theft monitoring and financial fraud insurance.

To submit an Alpha Baking Co. settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and enter the unique ID and PIN found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF claim form to print, complete and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

All Alpha Baking Co. settlement claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked no later than June 22, 2026.

Finally, as part of the settlement, Alpha Baking Co. has agreed to implement certain business practice changes to mitigate the risk of a future data breach.

The court will determine whether to grant the Alpha Baking Co. settlement final approval following a hearing on July 21, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Alpha Baking Co. class action lawsuit alleges that the Illinois-based bakery failed to implement reasonable cybersecurity measures to protect employee information stored on its systems from a data breach discovered on January 23, 2025. Per the case, sensitive information that may have been compromised in the breach included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial account information, and protected health information.

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