"A US healthcare firm has agreed to pay out millions of dollars to settle a class action lawsuit filed over a data breach that occurred in February of 2024. According to the settlement administrator's portal, Consulting Radiologists will pay out $2.2 million to settle the lawsuit that accused the healthcare firm of failing to secure and safeguard the protected health information and personally identifiable information of its patients."
"Mark Emem reports a settlement in litigation stemming from a Consulting Radiologists Ltd. data breach in February 2024. The incident had been added to LockBit's leak site in April 2024. The data breach exposed the sensitive data of approximately 512,000 people. According to the class action lawsuit filed in November of 2024, the hack exposed names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical and health Insurance information."
Consulting Radiologists Ltd. agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from a data breach in February 2024. The breach was later added to LockBit's leak site in April 2024. The incident exposed the sensitive data of approximately 512,000 people. The class action filed in November 2024 alleged the hack exposed names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical and health insurance information. The lawsuit accused the healthcare firm of failing to secure and safeguard the protected health information and personally identifiable information of its patients. The settlement resolves the claims related to the breach.
Read at DataBreaches.Net
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