A Barrie man is one of the lead plaintiffs in a proposed $60 million class-action lawsuit against Casino Rama following a massive cyberhack.

The lawsuit filed in Toronto Superior Court by Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg, names multiple defendants including Casino Rama, it’s American operator Penn National Gaming Inc, Chippewas of Rama First Nation and the OLG.

According to the statement of claim, the Barrie plaintiff is Leonid Kaplan who was at Casino Rama “on or about” Sept. 25, 2016 to gamble.

The suit says Kaplan provided Casino Rama staff with two forms of personal identification, including a copy of his driver’s license and a copy of his Visa card with his personal email address.

The second plaintiff in this proposed legal action is a woman from Stouffville who has been a regular at the casino since 1999.

A Durham Region man is the named plaintiff in a second class-action, a $500 million proposed lawsuit against Casino Rama, it’s American operator and the OLG.

In a statement of claim filed in Oshawa Superior Court Monday by the law firm Flaherty McCarthy, plaintiff Randy Harman and the “class members” claim the resort became aware of a cyber security breach on Nov. 4 and “personal and confidential information of the defendants’ guests, employees and vendors had been stolen.”

The suit alleges the resort “delayed notifying” class members and police of the theft almost a week after it first learned about the hack.

“They failed to notify the plaintiff, class members and law enforcement immediately upon discovery of the theft of class members’ personal information and financial information.”

On Thursday, Nov. 10 the resort announced it was the victim of a cyberattack and warned guests, past and present employees and vendors to monitor their financial accounts and report any suspicious activity.

The casino said the hacker threatened to publish the stolen information on the Internet and late Friday confirmed that had happened.

“There is now evidence that stolen customer and employee personal information has been published on the Internet,” the casino wrote on its website.

The statement of claim filed in Oshawa court goes further to allege that the confidential information has already been used to commit other crimes.

“The unauthorized third party hackers can use, and have used the stolen information to make fraudulent transactions using the plaintiff’s and class members’ credit and debit cards or to access their bank accounts.

The hackers can sell, and have sold, the personal information to third parties for the same purpose.”

According to the proposed lawsuit, the casino failed to heed warnings about its “inadequate security” of their computer system and how it could be breached and compromised by computer hackers.

The resort says it is working with various agencies, including the OPP and the RCMP, to investigate the cyberattack.

None of the allegations contained in the statements of claim has been proven in court.

“We are aware of the class-action lawsuits and as we continue to work with authorities on the investigation we are limited in how much detail we can provide,” said Jenna Hunter, Director of Public Relations for the resort. “We deeply regret the situation and recognize the seriousness of the issue.”

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