Steel Warehouse Data Breach Settlement

Steel Warehouse Company, LLC is settling with people identified on its Class List after a targeted cyberattack around January 23, 2025. Membership is list-based — you cannot self-assert in. There is no common fund; the company pays valid claims directly. Choose a flat $40 or documented losses up to $5,000 plus lost time up to $60. One year of CyEx credit monitoring is available only if you check the box and activate it within 45 days — it is not automatic. Deadline: December 1, 2026. File at steelwarehousedatasettlement.com.

Do I Qualify?

You may be eligible if:

• You are identified on Steel Warehouse's Class List as someone whose personal identifying information may have been compromised in the January 23, 2025 cyberattack
• Membership is determined by that list, not by self-assertion
• Eligible nationwide
• Incident date: January 23, 2025
• You file a valid claim by December 1, 2026

Flat $40: no proof, but it replaces the documented route. Out-of-pocket: documents for unreimbursed expenses up to $5,000. Lost time: self-certified description, up to 3 hours at $20/hour. Credit monitoring: must be checked on the form and activated within 45 days. Online filing uses the LoginID and PIN from your notice.

What Happened?

Steel Warehouse Company, LLC's computer systems were hit by a targeted cyberattack around January 23, 2025. The class is the people named on the company's Class List — thousands of individuals, not a self-identified group.

The company pays valid claims directly. There is no aggregate ceiling. Attorneys' fees and costs of about $182,500, plus administration, are paid separately.

Claimants choose a flat $40 or the documented out-of-pocket (up to $5,000) plus lost-time (up to $60) route. One year of CyEx Financial Shield Complete must be claimed on the form and activated within 45 days of the code.

How to File Your Claim

1. File online at steelwarehousedatasettlement.com using the LoginID and PIN from your notice
2. Or mail the paper Claim Form
3. Check the credit-monitoring box, then choose either the flat Alternative Cash Payment OR the Out-of-Pocket Losses plus Lost Time route (those two stack with each other
4. the flat payment rules both out)
5. Submit online or postmark by December 1, 2026
6. Visit the official claim form: https://steelwarehousedatasettlement.com/

How Much Will I Actually Get?

The Alternative Cash Payment is a flat $40 with no proof required. Instead, Out-of-Pocket Losses reimburses up to $5,000 in documented, unreimbursed expenses, and Lost Time separately pays $20/hour for up to 3 hours ($60 maximum) via a self-certified description — those two stack for a $5,060 ceiling, but choosing this route rules out the flat $40. One year of CyEx Financial Shield Complete credit monitoring ($1 million fraud insurance) is available with either route, but must be actively claimed via checkbox and activated within 45 days of the activation code — it is not automatic.

Last reviewed: August 30, 2026 | Information verified from court records and official settlement documents.

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