Costa Solutions Data Breach: 19,758 Texans Notified, No Lawsuit Yet
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Costa Solutions is a San Antonio company that supplies warehouse and freight-unloading workers — so if you got a letter, you most likely worked there or applied there. A ransomware group claimed an attack on the company in late April 2026, and notices went out in September; the company's letter does not name the group. As of October 10, 2026, we found no Costa Solutions data breach lawsuit on file, no settlement and no claim form.
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What Happened in the Costa Solutions Data Breach
Costa Solutions, LLC describes itself as a provider of 24/7 managed labor for the warehouse and food service industry. A business like that holds personnel files: Social Security numbers, driver's licenses, and health-insurance records for its workforce.
Breach trackers report that a ransomware group calling itself Aurora listed the company on its leak site around April 29–30, 2026. The group claimed the file server held the company's “operational, financial, legal, and human resources” records — that is the attackers' claim, not a confirmed finding.
According to a copy of the notice letter published by Massachusetts regulators, Costa Solutions determined on August 10, 2026 that personal information was potentially in data taken without authorization, and said it had no reason to believe the information had been misused.
Case Details
No lawsuit has been found. As of October 10, 2026, searches of federal court records on CourtListener for “Costa Solutions” and “Costa Solutions, LLC” returned no case naming the company. There is no court, no case number and no judge to report.
A law-firm “investigation” page was published on September 11, 2026. Those pages invite affected people to come forward; they are not court filings and do not mean a case exists. Texas state courts were not searched, so a state-court filing cannot be fully ruled out.
Status: Breach Disclosed, No Case, No Settlement
The only real deadline is the one in your letter: per the Massachusetts copy, the free IDX credit monitoring must be activated by December 9, 2026. That is an enrollment window for a protection service, not a claim for compensation.
Who Was Affected
The report filed with the Texas Attorney General on September 11, 2026 covers 19,758 Texas residents, according to a trade-press account of that filing. The company also notified at least one other state (Massachusetts), so the nationwide total is likely higher; it has not been published in any source we could verify.
The Texas report lists names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, government-issued ID numbers, medical information and health insurance information. Your own letter states which of those applied to you.
Keep the letter. If a case is filed and later settles, it is your proof that you are in the class.
Is There Any Money?
For context only: when breaches involving Social Security numbers do settle, the usual structure is reimbursement of documented losses, a smaller flat payment and credit monitoring. Whether that ever happens here depends on a case being filed first. Our data breach settlement calculator shows how comparable cases have paid.
Not to be confused with other “Costa” settlements: the Costa Del Mar sunglass repair settlement ($23.9 million) and Costa v. Whirlpool, the refrigerator settlement with claims due November 2, 2026. Neither has anything to do with this breach.
Costa Solutions Breach Timeline
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April 29, 2026 — Ransomware Group Claims Attack
Threat-intelligence trackers report that the Aurora group listed Costa Solutions, LLC on its leak site; one tracker dates the discovery April 30.
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August 10, 2026 — Personal Data Confirmed at Risk
Per the notice letter, the company determined that personal information was potentially in data taken without authorization.
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September 9, 2026 — Notice Letters Dated
The copy of the letter published in Massachusetts carries this date and offers IDX credit monitoring.
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September 11, 2026 — Texas Attorney General Report
The filing lists 19,758 Texas residents and data including Social Security and driver's license numbers. ClassAction.org publishes a law-firm investigation page the same day.
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October 10, 2026 — No Lawsuit Found
Federal court searches show no case naming Costa Solutions. No settlement or claim form exists.
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December 9, 2026 — Monitoring Enrollment Closes
Last day to activate the IDX credit monitoring offered in the letter, per the Massachusetts copy.
Three Things to Watch For
A breach that exposed Social Security numbers and has no settlement is exactly the gap imposters fill:
“Costa Solutions settlement” claim pages
There is no settlement and no claims site. A page asking for your Social Security number to “file your claim” is collecting data, not filing anything.
Calls posing as your former employer or staffing office
Because most people affected are current or former warehouse workers, a caller can sound convincing by naming a job site or shift. Enrollment in the monitoring offer is done with the code printed on the letter itself; never read your SSN out to a caller.
Fake IDX enrollment links
The monitoring offer is real, but enroll only by typing the address or calling the number printed on your paper letter. Texts or emails with an “activate your protection” link and no enrollment code are not from the company.
Costa Solutions Data Breach — Questions People Ask
Is there a Costa Solutions data breach lawsuit?
Not that we could find as of October 10, 2026. Federal court records show no case naming Costa Solutions, and law firms have only announced investigations. If a complaint is filed, it will have a court and a case number; anyone who cannot give you those is describing an investigation, not a lawsuit.
What is Costa Solutions, and why did it have my information?
Costa Solutions, LLC is a San Antonio, Texas company that supplies managed labor for freight unloading, warehousing and food-service production. Most people with records there are current or former workers or applicants, whose personnel files include ID and insurance details.
How many people were affected by the Costa Solutions data breach?
The Texas Attorney General report filed September 11, 2026 covers 19,758 Texas residents. Massachusetts residents were notified too; no nationwide total has been published.
What data was exposed?
Per the Texas report: names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, government-issued ID numbers, medical information and health insurance information. Not every person had every field exposed — check your letter.
Is the data breach settlement legit?
For Costa Solutions, there is no settlement at all, so any message offering a “Costa Solutions settlement payment” is not legitimate. The letter from the company is real in the sense that it offers free IDX credit monitoring; that is not a settlement and pays no cash.
How much do you get for a data breach lawsuit?
Only what a settlement or judgment provides, and here there is neither. Amounts in other breach cases depend on the fund size, the number of claimants and whether you can document losses. Nothing is payable for this breach as of October 2026.
Was this a ransomware attack?
Breach trackers report that the Aurora ransomware group claimed the attack around April 29, 2026. The company's letter describes a security incident in which data was acquired without authorization; we found no company statement naming the group.
What should I do right now?
Activate the IDX monitoring using the code on your letter before December 9, 2026. Freeze your credit at all three bureaus — it is free and reversible. Keep the letter and envelope in case a class is ever formed.
Separate from this case: were you injured in the last 2 years?
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