Claim Form Login
If you received a notice, you may be eligible to receive a payment from a proposed $436,670.00 Class Action Settlement. To be eligible to make a claim, your information must have been impacted in the criminal ransomware attack against South Western Communications, Inc. (“South Western”) that occurred on or about December 21, 2023.
If you wish to receive credit monitoring services, reimbursement for out-of-pocket losses or attested time spent dealing with the Data Breach, you must submit a Claim online or by mail by December 24, 2025.
If you are a Settlement Class Member and you submit a timely and valid Claim Form, you may be eligible to receive the following Settlement Benefits:
Credit Monitoring Services: All Class Members are eligible to receive three years of Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Protection Services (including $1,000,000.00 in Identity Theft Insurance) at no cost to you. You must submit a Claim Form to receive this benefit.
Reimbursement for Ordinary Out-of-Pocket Losses: All Settlement Class Members may submit a claim up to five-hundred U.S. dollars and zero cents ($500.00) for documented “ordinary” Out-of-Pocket Losses for efforts mitigating against identity theft resulting from the Data Breach.
Reimbursement for Extraordinary Out-of-Pocket Losses: All Settlement Class Members may submit a claim for up to five thousand U.S. dollars and zero cents ($5,000.00) for reimbursement of “extraordinary” Out-of-Pocket Losses for documented identity theft and verified fraud resulting from the Data Breach.
Settlement class members submitting claims for Ordinary and/or Extraordinary out-of-pocket losses must submit documentation supporting their claims by an attestation under penalty of perjury, which is part of the Claim Form.
Reimbursement for Attested Time: Settlement Class Members may make a claim for self-certified time spent related to the effects or potential effects of the Data Breach. Each Settlement Class Member may seek reimbursement for up to 5 hours (at $25.00 per hour) of time spent in response to the Data Breach by simply attesting to the fact that they expended such time and describing how the time was spent.
In addition to the above, all Settlement Class Members are eligible for a pro rata cash payment. You do not need to submit a Claim Form to be eligible for the Pro Rata Cash Payment.
To start your online claim form, you can find your Notice ID & Claim Login PIN printed on the Notice that was sent to you. If you misplaced your notice, please contact the Settlement Administrator at info@SouthWesternDataBreach.com. Please request your Notice ID & PIN by providing your full name and mailing address.
You may also download a Claim Form here, and submit it, along with your supporting documentation, by U.S. mail to:
South Western Communications Data Breach Action
c/o Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 25226
Santa Ana, CA 92799
The deadline to submit a Claim Form online is December 24, 2025. If you are mailing your Claim Form, it must be mailed with a postmark date no later than December 24, 2025.