Up To $500K Evening Post Publishing Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over March 2024 Data Breach

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Evening Post Publishing has agreed to an up to $500,000 class action settlement to resolve a lawsuit that alleged the media company failed to protect sensitive information stored on its systems from a March 2024 data breach.

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The Evening Post Publishing class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on February 6, 2026. The deal covers all United States residents whose private information was compromised during the March 2024 data breach, including current and former employees and all other individuals who received notice of the incident from Evening Post Publishing in August 2024.

Court documents state that roughly 22,632 people are covered by the Evening Post Publishing settlement.

The court-approved website for the Evening Post Publishing data breach settlement can be found at EveningPostDataSettlement.com.

According to the website, Evening Post settlement class members who submit a timely, valid claim form can receive up to $3,000 in reimbursement for documented out-of-pocket losses. Per the settlement agreement, class members must submit proof, such as bank statements or receipts, to receive reimbursement for losses related to fraud, identity theft, bank fees, ID replacement, credit monitoring services, credit freezes or unfreezes, and miscellaneous expenses, including postage.

Consumers may also submit a claim form for reimbursement of up to three hours of lost time spent responding to the data breach, at a rate of $20 per hour. The settlement website says that lost-time reimbursement covers activities such as changing passwords, investigating suspicious account activity and researching the data breach.

In lieu of an out-of-pocket loss and/or lost time payment, Evening Post Publishing settlement class members may instead file a claim form to receive an alternative $40 cash payout, with no proof required.

Should the aggregate cost of all class action settlement benefits exceed the $500,000 settlement fund, cash payouts may be reduced on an equal-share basis, court documents state.

In addition, all settlement class members can enroll in two free years of CyEx Financial Shield Complete, which includes one-bureau credit monitoring, dark web scanning and $1 million in identity theft insurance.

To file an Evening Post Publishing settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and log in using the unique ID and PIN found on their copy of the settlement notice.

Alternatively, class members may download a PDF of the claim form to print, fill out and return to the settlement administrator.

All Evening Post Publishing settlement claim forms must be submitted online or by mail by June 24, 2026.

Finally, as part of the class action settlement, Evening Post Publishing has agreed to implement certain business practice changes to improve its information security systems.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Evening Post Publishing data breach settlement following a hearing on or after July 1, 2026. Benefits will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.

The Evening Post Publishing class action lawsuit claimed that the South Carolina-based newspaper and media company failed to have in place reasonable cybersecurity procedures to safeguard the sensitive information stored on its systems, which allegedly led to a data breach on or around March 13, 2024. Per court documents, private information that may have been compromised during the breach included names, passport and driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, financial account information and credit card information.

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