A law firm that is already chasing British Airways now claims it is suing Easyjet for up to £18bn, intending to take a modest £5.4bn cut for itself, after nine million people's data was stolen from the airline's servers.
The no-win-no-fee firm, PGMBM, claimed in a statement today to have filed a case in London's High Court against the British airline. It is demanding Easyjet pays £2,000 compensation per affected customer, giving a total of £18bn.
Tom Goodhead, PGMBM's managing partner, said in a canned statement: "This is a monumental data breach and a terrible failure of responsibility that has a serious impact on easyJet's customers. This is personal information that we trust companies with, and customers rightly expect that every effort is made to protect their privacy."
