patient info

The lawsuit alleges the hack was preventable and that the hospital “exacerbated the harm” by failing to notify those affected until “months” after the attack.

Consumers should know that medical identity theft can happen, whether from a large-scale breach or theft of an individual's data. The result could be thousands of dollars in medical bills.

Owners of an optometry practice are suing two former employees, saying they copied the confidential information of 9,000 patients in hopes of luring them…