The E Benefit Solution breach settlement paid $40 cash (no proof) or up to $5,000 for documented losses, but its July 1, 2026 claim deadline has passed and no new claims can be filed.
What Was the E Benefit Solution Data Breach Settlement About?
Important: The July 1, 2026 claim deadline has passed and this settlement is now closed. No new claims can be filed. Class members who received a notice about the E Benefit Solution data incident were able to file for a cash payment and free credit monitoring before the deadline.The settlement resolved a proposed class action over a targeted cyberattack on E Benefit Solution, Inc.'s computer systems in December 2024. According to the lawsuit, an unauthorized third party accessed certain files that may have contained personal information such as names and Social Security numbers. E Benefit posted notice of the incident and began mailing breach notification letters in January 2025.
The case was captioned Parker Monroe, et al. v. E Benefit Solution, Inc., Case No. CACE25019588, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida. E Benefit denied all of the claims and any wrongdoing or liability; no court decided the merits of the lawsuit. The parties agreed to settle to avoid the cost, risk, and delay of continued litigation. The official Settlement Website was at EBenefitDataIncident.com.
What Is E Benefit Solution, Inc.?
If you got a breach letter from a company you do not recognize, that is normal for this kind of case. E Benefit Solution, Inc. is an employee benefits and insurance administration company — the kind of firm that works behind the scenes to help employers design and run their benefit programs rather than selling you a policy directly.Because that work involves enrolling and servicing the people covered by those plans, E Benefit holds personal information for employees and members of the organizations it works with. If your employer or benefits provider used E Benefit Solution, your information could have been stored in its systems even though you never chose the company yourself. That is why a notice from an unfamiliar name is not automatically a scam — it usually means a company that was handling benefits paperwork on your behalf was the one that got hacked.
How Many People Were in the Class?
The Settlement Notice did not state an exact class size. The only public figures came from state data-breach filings: in January 2025, E Benefit Solution reported 1,243 affected residents in Texas and 45 affected residents in Massachusetts. The total number of individuals nationwide was not publicly disclosed, and the settlement documents described the class only by definition rather than by a head count.One indirect signal of scale was the cap on the no-proof cash option. Cash Payment B (the flat $40) stopped accepting claims once total claims for that option reached $100,000 — enough to cover roughly 2,500 alternate-cash claims. The settlement administrator's final class size will be reflected in the notice-administration filings on the court docket.
Who Qualified?
The Court defined the Settlement Class as all living individuals residing in the United States whose Private Information was compromised by the Data Incident and to whom E Benefit Solution provided written or substitute notice of it. In practical terms, if you received a notice about this settlement, E Benefit's records indicated you were a Settlement Class Member.Excluded from the class were E Benefit's directors, officers, and agents; governmental entities; and the judge assigned to the case, the judge's immediate family, and court staff.
What Could You Get?
Two types of benefits were available. Every class member could claim the credit monitoring, and could also claim one — and only one — of the two cash options.Credit monitoring (available to everyone). All Settlement Class Members could enroll in two years of CyEx Financial Shield Total. The service included $1 million in fraud insurance and monitoring for identity theft, unauthorized financial transactions, and personal information tied to high-risk transactions, plus access to a fraud resolution agent if something suspicious came up.
Cash Payment A — documented losses (up to $5,000). Class members whose losses were tied to the incident could claim reimbursement of up to $5,000 for losses incurred between December 10, 2024 and July 1, 2026. Covered expenses included losses from identity theft or fraud, fees for credit reports or credit freezes, the cost to replace IDs, and postage to contact banks by mail. Documentation was required, and expenses already reimbursed by a third party could not be claimed.
Cash Payment B — alternate cash ($40). Instead of Cash Payment A, class members could claim a flat one-time $40 payment with no proof or explanation of losses required. This option was capped once total claims for it reached $100,000.
Only one of the two cash options could be claimed per class member.
Did You Need Proof to File?
To file the online claim, class members had to log in with the Unique ID and PIN printed on the notice they received, so that identifier served as proof of class membership. Here is how the proof rules broke down:• Unique ID and PIN required to file. Both were needed to access the online claim form.
• No loss documentation was needed for the $40 Cash Payment B.
• Documentation was required for the up-to-$5,000 Cash Payment A — receipts, bank or credit card statements, or similar records tying losses to the incident. A personal statement or affidavit alone was not enough.
How to File a Claim
Important: The claim deadline of July 1, 2026 has passed, so filing is no longer possible — the Unique ID / PIN login requirement is now moot since the claim portal is closed to new submissions. Class members previously filed online at EBenefitDataIncident.com using their Unique ID and PIN, or by mailing a paper claim form to the Settlement Administrator.On the claim form, class members could elect credit monitoring, choose Cash Payment A or Cash Payment B, and pick how they wanted to be paid — a digital payment via PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle for online claims, or a paper check for mailed claims. Online claims and mailed claims both had to be submitted or postmarked by July 1, 2026.
Key Deadlines
• Opt-Out Deadline: June 1, 2026 (passed)
• Objection Deadline: June 1, 2026 (passed)
• Final Approval Hearing: held June 23, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time — Broward County Courthouse, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Claim Deadline: July 1, 2026 (passed — settlement now closed)
What Happens Now That the Deadline Has Passed?
The July 1, 2026 claim deadline has passed, so class members who did not file a valid claim will not receive a cash payment or credit monitoring. Unless a class member opted out by the June 1, 2026 deadline, they gave up the right to sue, continue to sue, or be part of another lawsuit against E Benefit over the claims this settlement resolved.Attorneys' Fees and Service Awards
Class Counsel — Jeff Ostrow of Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A. and Mariya Weekes of Milberg PLLC — asked the Court to approve up to $345,000 in attorneys' fees and litigation costs, paid by E Benefit. Class Counsel also requested service awards for the Class Representatives, also paid by E Benefit.Frequently Asked Questions
What was the E Benefit Solution data breach settlement?
A class action settlement over a targeted cyberattack on E Benefit Solution, Inc.'s computer systems in December 2024 that may have exposed names and Social Security numbers. The case was Parker Monroe, et al. v. E Benefit Solution, Inc., Case No. CACE25019588, in the Circuit Court for Broward County, Florida. E Benefit denied any wrongdoing. The claim deadline of July 1, 2026 has passed and the settlement is now closed.
What is E Benefit Solution, Inc.?
An employee benefits and insurance administration company that helps employers design and run benefit programs. Because of that work it holds personal information for the people enrolled in the plans it administers, so your information may have been in its systems even if you never dealt with the company directly.
How many people are in the settlement class?
The Settlement Notice does not state an exact class size. State filings report 1,243 affected Texas residents and 45 affected Massachusetts residents from January 2025; the nationwide total has not been publicly disclosed. The no-proof $40 option is capped at $100,000 total, enough for roughly 2,500 alternate-cash claims.
Who qualifies?
All living U.S. residents whose Private Information was compromised by the Data Incident and who were sent written or substitute notice of it. If you received a notice about this settlement, E Benefit's records indicate you are a class member. Directors, officers, and agents of E Benefit, governmental entities, and the judge and court staff are excluded.
How much can I get?
Everyone can claim two years of CyEx Financial Shield Total credit monitoring with $1 million in fraud insurance. You may also claim one cash option: up to $5,000 for documented out-of-pocket losses (with proof), or a flat $40 with no proof. You can claim only one of the two cash options.
Do I need proof to file?
You log in to the claim form with the Unique ID and PIN from your notice, which serves as proof of class membership. The $40 option needs no loss documentation; the up-to-$5,000 option requires receipts, statements, or similar records. If you lost your ID and PIN, request them through the official Settlement Website.
What was the deadline to file an E Benefit Solution claim?
Claims had to be submitted online or postmarked by July 1, 2026. That deadline has passed, and the settlement is now closed — no new claims can be filed. The opt-out and objection deadlines were June 1, 2026. The Final Approval Hearing was held June 23, 2026 in the Circuit Court for Broward County, Florida.
Official Settlement Notice
Sources
• Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement, Parker Monroe, et al. v. E Benefit Solution, Inc., Case No. CACE25019588 (Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Florida)• Official Settlement Website: EBenefitDataIncident.com
• Texas Office of the Attorney General — Data Security Breach Reports (E Benefit Solution, filed January 2025)
• Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation — Data Breach Notification (E Benefit Solution)
