Nissan Data Breach Settlement: Eligibility, Payments, and Deadlines

The Nissan data breach settlement is a $1.5 million class action resolution covering roughly 53,000 current and former Nissan North America employees whose personal information was stolen in the November 2023 ransomware intrusion. A Tennessee Business Court judge granted final approval on June 12, 2026, in Taylor et al. v. Nissan North America, Inc. (Case No. 25-0975-BC). Eligible class members could claim reimbursement for documented losses, a flat cash payment, credit monitoring, or a combination.¹

Who the Settlement Covered

The class included anyone who received an official notification letter from Nissan stating that their information may have been compromised in the November 2023 breach. Residency did not matter. What mattered was the notice itself. Nissan officers and directors, government entities, and judges assigned to the case were excluded.²

The data at issue included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, pay details, and in some cases medical records.²

What Class Members Could Receive

Claimants could choose between two cash options and could add credit monitoring to either one.

Documented losses (Cash Payment A). Reimbursement up to $450 for ordinary out-of-pocket expenses tied to the breach, such as bank fees, credit repair costs, notary fees, and postage. Class members who experienced more serious harm, like actual identity theft or misuse of a Social Security number, could claim up to $4,500 for extraordinary losses with supporting documentation such as a police report or insurance claim.²

Flat payment (Cash Payment B). Up to $100 per person with no documentation required. Because every payment came out of the same $1.5 million cap, the flat amount could be reduced pro rata if claims volume was high.³

Credit monitoring. Two years of one-bureau Experian credit monitoring plus up to $1 million in identity theft insurance. Class members already enrolled in the free monitoring Nissan offered after the breach could extend that coverage for an additional two years.¹

The $1.5 million cap covered class member payments, credit monitoring costs, attorneys’ fees and costs (up to $500,000), $3,000 service awards for each of the four named plaintiffs, and administrative expenses.⁴⁵ Nissan denied any liability.

Deadlines and Payment Timing

The claim filing deadline was May 26, 2026, and it has passed. The objection deadline was April 24, 2026, and no objections or appeals appear in the record. The final approval hearing was held on June 12, 2026, and the court approved the settlement that day.⁶

Payments are expected to be distributed after final approval. Class members who filed timely claims could choose a check or an electronic payment. Checks must be cashed within 60 days of issuance.¹ Kroll Settlement Administration LLC is handling claims. For claim status or payment questions, you can call Kroll at 833-319-8483 or visit NNADataSettlement.com.⁷

Background on the Breach

Nissan North America discovered on November 7, 2023, that an unauthorized actor had accessed its systems through the company’s external VPN. The attacker copied data from local and network file shares and demanded ransom, but did not encrypt files or halt operations. Nissan initially believed the stolen files contained only business information. Its forensic investigation did not confirm that personal data had also been taken until late February 2024.⁸ Notification letters went out to affected employees in mid-May 2024, offering 24 months of free Experian IdentityWorks identity theft protection.⁹ Nissan said at the time it had no indication any of the stolen information had been misused.¹⁰

Other Nissan Breaches Are Not Part of This Settlement

If you are a Nissan customer rather than a U.S. employee, this settlement likely does not apply to you. A separate Canadian case, Grossman, et al. v. Nissan Canada Inc., et al., resolved a 2016–2017 breach affecting Nissan Canada customers for CAD $1.82 million. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved that deal on April 24, 2024, and the Superior Court of Quebec followed on June 6, 2024, in the parallel Levy v. Nissan Canada Inc. action. Its claims period closed on October 21, 2024.¹¹¹²

Nissan also disclosed a separate December 5, 2023 cyberattack on its Oceania division covering Australia and New Zealand, attributed to the Akira ransomware group, which compromised data on roughly 100,000 individuals. That incident was unrelated to the North American VPN intrusion and is not part of the U.S. settlement.¹³

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