Belk Data Breach: Retailer Hit with Lawsuits After May Cyberattack

Morgan & Morgan’s industry-leading data privacy attorneys are investigating Belk Inc. following reports of a data breach involving unauthorized access to customer and employee data. According to recent lawsuits, a cybersecurity incident in May may have exposed sensitive personally identifiable information. If you received a notification letter, ACT NOW.

We are investigating, among other things, the following:

• how Belk acquired the sensitive information;
• whether Belk should have had the sensitive information;
• why Belk stored this sensitive information in a vulnerable digital environment;
• whether Belk encrypted the sensitive information it stored;
• whether Belk deleted sensitive information it no longer had a reasonable need to maintain;
• whether Belk implemented appropriate and adequate security measures to protect the sensitive information it stored;
• and whether Belk has provided affected individuals adequate protection and compensation for any harms they have experienced as a result of the data breach.

According to recent lawsuits filed in North Carolina court, Belk’s systems were compromised during a May 2025 cyberattack. The lawsuits claim that Belk failed to implement adequate data security measures and did not timely notify affected individuals. One complaint, filed by a former employee, alleges the exposure of Social Security numbers and other personal information.

The type of information potentially exposed includes:

• Names
• Social Security numbers
• Contact information
• Employment-related data
• Possibly payment or account details

If you received a data breach notification from Belk, contact us today, and a member of our data privacy team will be in touch.

We place a significant amount of trust in the companies we share our personal and financial information with—especially employers and retailers who handle sensitive employee and customer data. If you suspect that your information was exposed in the Belk data breach, Morgan & Morgan is here to help.