The federal court granted final approval to the $20 million Fortra data breach settlement on 17 September 2025. If you have filed the settlement claim form and are waiting for the payout, you can find out the expected payment date, payout, and other details here.
The lawsuit against Fortra, Aetna, Community Health, Brightline, Elevance Health, Imagine360, Nations Benefits, Intellihartx, and Santa Clara for the data incident that occurred on or around 30 January 2023 involving Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT software that affected the personal information of individuals.
People residing in the United States who have received the notice of data incident and are affected by the data incident have filed the claim and received the cash payment of up to $5000 or an alternative cash payment.
When can you expect the Fortra data breach settlement?
If you have filed the claim form of the Fotra data breach settlement on time, that is, on or before the deadline of 29 August 2025, you should know that the federal court has approved the settlement. The administrator would start the payment distribution generally after a month or two.
However, if there is an appeal against the settlement, it may affect the payment distribution as it will only begin after the appeal is resolved. In the Fortra settlement, no reports have confirmed any appeal for now, so if there is no appeal, you can expect the payment in 90 to 180 days.
So, if everything stays fine, you can expect the Fortra settlement payment to begin in the first quarter of 2026.
How to check the Fortra Data Breach settlement status?
The settlement administrator will distribute the payout to the approved claimants only. Hence, it’s important to know whether your claim is approved or not, or what the status of your filed claim is. Here, you can follow the steps below to inquire about your claim status:
- Email: Send your query to the email address [email protected], and the administrator will respond with the proper reasoning.
- Mail: You can also write a letter to the administrator at the following postal address and ask about the claim status:
- In re Fortra Data Breach Litigation
- Settlement Administrator
- PO Box 5569
- Portland, OR 97228-5569
- Call: You can also call the administrator toll-free number at 1888-820-3075.
What will be your Fortra Data Breach settlement payout?
According to the Fortra data breach settlement, the payout will be distributed from the $20 million fund. However, there are subclasses of members, so you can be a member of one or more subclasses.
Based on the agreement, the class members, except the Brightline subclass member with a valid claim, can receive the payout from the following categories:
- Cash Payment A:
- If you have documented the loss you have faced in dealing with the data incident issue, you can get the reimbursement of up to $5000 from the fund.
- The documented loss includes bank fees, cell phone charges, data charges, and others.
- Cash Payment B:
- If you do not have the documented loss, you must claim the alternative cash payment (Cash Payment B).
- The estimated payout under Option B is $85 for each claimant based on the estimated number of claimants.
- Dark Web Monitoring:
- With Cash Payment A or B, you will receive the dark web monitoring if you have filed the CyEx identity claim form.
- The dark web monitoring will be for a year, which involves real-time authentications, high-risk transaction monitoring, dark web scanning, customer support, wallet protection, and others.
If you are a Brightline settlement subclass member, you will only receive the benefit if you do not receive the benefit under Brightline settlement.
What if your contact information is changed?
Though the deadline ended just a few months back, if your contact information has changed, that can affect your payment; you must inform the administrator on time. You can update the change mailing address, email address to the administrator by writing to the mentioned postal address.
The Fortra data breach settlement has come to the last stage with the final approval. If no one appeals against the court decision, the class members can expect the payment in the 2026 initial months.
However, for official confirmation, you can visit the settlement website regularly, as the administration will provide an update whenever they commence the payment distribution.
Disclaimer: Fortra data breach settlement 2025 details are informational; eligibility and payouts are determined by official administrators.
