By Burt Mummolo, FOX23 News
TULSA, Okla. — In a class action lawsuit, a former employee of ONEOK claims the company failed to protect highly sensitive data. Stating that that “On or around October 16, 2026, Defendant was hacked in the Data Breach” by a group called Redact, and that “…Redact maintains a Data Leak Site on the Dark Web where it publishes stolen data in order to pressure organizations that were subject to a data breach.”
The lawsuit says the types of data could include names, addresses, SS numbers, date of birth, financial info, and that “Redact has reportedly leaked 67.5 GB of sensitive data.”
“Before this data breach, its employees’ private information was exactly that – private. Not anymore. Now their private information is forever exposed and unsecure,” says the lawsuit.
We reached out to ONEOK who told us, “Unauthorized activity affected limited data accessed from a very small number of cloud-based user accounts. Upon discovery, we promptly contained the activity, secured the affected accounts, notified federal law enforcement and began our investigation alongside leading, third-party cybersecurity experts. The incident has been resolved and there were no business or operational impacts. Fewer than 70 people were affected and all were notified. We take the safeguarding of our information and systems seriously and remain committed to maintaining the security of both.” – ONEOK
Meanwhile, also hit with a similar lawsuit, Urologic Specialists of Oklahoma. “Defendant lost control over the Private Information of its patients when cybercriminals infiltrated its insufficiently protected computer system in a data breach” by a group called Everest to the tune of 200 gigabytes, says the suit. The lawsuit says it happened on October 22. The number of people impacted? Unclear says the lawsuit.
Urologic Specialists told us, “Protecting the security and privacy of personal information is of the utmost importance of Urologic Specialists of Oklahoma. We became aware of a network security incident that caused a temporary disruption to some of our systems. We worked with third party experts to restore all operations safely and securely. Looking forward, we have no reason to believe that this incident will cause downtime or disrupt patient care. Urologic Specialists of Oklahoma apologies for the concern and inconvenience this matter causes and will issue updates regarding this matter to the community as appropriate.” – Urologic Specialists
The lawsuits were filed by the same attorney, although the plaintiffs are different. We reached out to the lawyer who told us no comment due to pending litigation.
