In July 2021, UC San Diego Health notified the public that it had been the victim of a four-month long phishing attack that gave hackers access to the protected health information of 495,949 patients. As a result, a health data breach lawsuit was filed alleging a violation of California Consumer Privacy Act, negligence, and breach of contract. The lawsuit seeks class-action status. [...]
Banner Health is a non-profit healthcare organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. It operates a total of 34 hospitals and specialized facilities across six states. Banner employs over 50,000 employees. Recently, Banner agreed to settle a data breach lawsuit for $6 million. What Are the Details of the Data Breach Lawsuit? In August of 2016, a class-action data breach lawsuit was filed against covered entity Banner [...]
Attorney General HIPAA fines have been on the increase over the past few years, and the trend is only growing. With this unprecedented HIPAA fine, Attorneys General across twelve states have filed suits against an EHR platform for a breach of over 3.9 million individuals’ protected health information (PHI). On December 3, 2018, twelve Attorneys General collectively filed a security breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics [...]
