{"id":3970,"date":"2025-11-22T11:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/network.rvrising.com\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2025-11-22T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:45:12","slug":"wel-companies-inc-under-investigation-for-data-breach-of-122960-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/business\/wel-companies-inc-under-investigation-for-data-breach-of-122960-records\/","title":{"rendered":"WEL Companies, Inc. Under Investigation for Data Breach of 122,960 Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Nov. 20, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Schubert Jonckheer &amp; Kolbe LLP is investigating a data breach\u00a0that led to unauthorized access to the sensitive information of 122,960 individuals affiliated with WEL Companies, Inc. (&#8220;WEL&#8221;), a Wisconsin-based transportation, logistics, and warehousing company.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On January 31, 2025, WEL detected unusual activity on its network and learned that data was accessed and acquired without authorization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pull-right inline-gallery-container col-md-8 col-sm-7 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"gallery inline-gallery\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<aside class=\"pull-quote\">DATA BREACH ALERT: WEL Companies, Inc. If you received notification of this breach you may be entitled to money damages.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default btn-twitter\" data-tweet-text=\"DATA BREACH ALERT: WEL Companies, Inc. If you received notification of this breach you may be entitled to money damages.\" data-twitter-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/privacy-alert-wel-companies-inc-under-investigation-for-data-breach-of-122-960-records-302622493.html\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fab fab-twitter mr-sm\"><\/i>Post this<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although the breach occurred in January 2025, WEL did not notify impacted individuals until November 19, 2025, which may have violated state and federal laws. The following information may have been compromised in the breach: names, Social Security numbers, and driver&#8217;s license or state identification numbers.<\/p>\n<p>If your personal information was impacted by this incident, you may be at risk of identity theft and other serious violations of your privacy. As a result, you may be entitled to money damages and an injunction requiring changes to WEL&#8217;s cybersecurity practices.<\/p>\n<p><b>If you received notification of this data breach or are affiliated with WEL and wish to obtain additional information about your legal rights, please <\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4564225-1&amp;h=2118699622&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.classactionlawyers.com%2Fblog%2Fwelcompanies%23join-class-action&amp;a=contact+us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">contact us<\/a><\/b><b>\u00a0today or visit our website at <\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4564225-1&amp;h=2945685575&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.classactionlawyers.com%2Fblog%2Fwelcompanies&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.classactionlawyers.com%2Fwelcompanies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.classactionlawyers.com\/welcompanies<\/a><\/b><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Schubert Jonckheer &amp; Kolbe LLP<br class=\"dnr\" \/><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4564225-1&amp;h=1955058676&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.classactionlawyers.com%2F&amp;a=Schubert+Jonckheer+%26+Kolbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Schubert Jonckheer &amp; Kolbe<\/a>\u00a0represents shareholders, employees, and consumers in class actions against corporate defendants, as well as shareholders in derivative actions against their officers and directors. The firm is based in San Francisco, and with the help of co-counsel, litigates cases nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contact<\/b><br class=\"dnr\" \/>Sonum Dixit<br class=\"dnr\" \/>Schubert Jonckheer &amp; Kolbe LLP<br class=\"dnr\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#691a0d0011001d291a03024705081e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"483b2c2130213c083b22236624293f\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a><br class=\"dnr\" \/>Tel: 415-299-8207<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE Schubert Jonckheer &amp; Kolbe LLP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>This release is auto-published via PR Newswire; our journal is not responsible for the content.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/privacy-alert-wel-companies-inc-under-investigation-for-data-breach-of-122-960-records-302622493.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Schubert Jonckheer &amp; Kolbe LLP is investigating a data breach\u00a0that led to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,92],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-3970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-pr-newswire","tag-schubert-jonckheer-kolbe-llp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4048,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions\/4048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rvrising.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}