UCLA Breach Results in Class Action Suit
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 07/25/2015 09:29 AM
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UCLA Health System was allegedly breached on Oct. 2014, but not discovered until May 5th of this year.
As a result, a class action suit has been filed against the health system because the breach included the loss of social security numbers and medical records of 4.5 million individuals.
The suit has been filed in a federal court in California by Michael Allen accusing UCLA of violating the state's Confidential Medical Information Act among other violations.
The suit said the health system failed to properly secure the data and said victims “face a long term battle against identity theft.”
According to court documents published by Health Law Policy Matters, an investigation that spanned several months revealed that “unknown cyber thieves now possess nonpublic personal and health information” on customers across the nation.
Source: SCMagazine
As a result, a class action suit has been filed against the health system because the breach included the loss of social security numbers and medical records of 4.5 million individuals.The suit has been filed in a federal court in California by Michael Allen accusing UCLA of violating the state's Confidential Medical Information Act among other violations.
The suit said the health system failed to properly secure the data and said victims “face a long term battle against identity theft.”
According to court documents published by Health Law Policy Matters, an investigation that spanned several months revealed that “unknown cyber thieves now possess nonpublic personal and health information” on customers across the nation.
Source: SCMagazine
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