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Upon researching healthcare privacy breaches, I came across a huge data breach with LifeBridge Health. LifeBridge Health is a Baltimore-based health system that agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle their healthcare data breach that was caused by a malware within their EHR system for one of their physician practices, which LifeBridge detected in 2018. However, the breach had initially started taking place in 2016. It was 2 years before anything was noticed and action was taken. Can you imagine the amount of data and Convo other personal information could have been obtained at the result of this? According to the HealthIT Security website, ‘the potentially exposed information may have included patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications, clinical and treatment information, insurance information, and, in some instances, Social Security numbers’. Most of the patients’ information was compromised and they experienced identity theft and fraudulent financial transactions that wreaked havoc on their finances. LifeBridge agreed to pay $800,000 to all class members, up to $250 per person for any loss that was not reimbursed, and $5,000 to anyone that could prove monetary loss directly tied to the incident. Claimants could submit multiple claims for any information that was disclosed in the 2018 and 2020 data breaches.
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I have personally experienced my personal information being disclosed in different data breaches. I experience severe financial losses due to a data breach within the Experian credit agency database that disclosed my personal information and social security number, which led to a lawsuit that resulted in a very small settlement amount. Is it still possible to file a police report in most states in order to dispute fraudulent items on a person’s credit report?
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McKeon, Jill (2022), LifeBridge Health Settles Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit for $9.5M, Convo
https://healthitsecurity.com/news/lifebridge-health-settles-healthcare-data-breach-lawsuit-for-9.5m.
