Litigation and legal developments concerning data breaches.
HIPAA Journal reports: HCA Healthcare Inc. has agreed to settle class action litigation stemming from a July 2023 data breach that was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights as affecting 11,270,000 patients. The affected individuals had received healthcare services at HCA hospitals and doctors’ offices in 20 U.S. states. HCA Healthcare was targeted by hackers […]
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Fisher Phillips writes: As cybersecurity threats escalate, state legislatures across the country are tightening requirements for how insurance entities respond to data breaches – and thanks to a new law just passed several weeks ago, Missouri is getting in on the action. On July 2, Missouri’s Governor approved House Bill 974, “The Insurance Data Security […]
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The Record reports: Cleaning product giant Clorox has filed a lawsuit against Cognizant, a company it hired to operate its IT services call-in help desk, accusing the contractor of being directly responsible for a 2023 cyberattack that cost hundreds of millions. The case, filed on Tuesday in California Superior Court, alleges that contractors working for […]
Help Net Security reports that an alleged administrator of xss.is, a dominant Russian-speaking cybercrime forum, was arrested in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 22 July. The takedown followed a long-running investigation led by the French Police and Paris Prosecutor, in close cooperation with Ukrainian authorities and Europol. As Help Net summarizes the allegations: The forum’s administrator is […]
The Record reports: The British government’s proposals to overhaul its ransomware strategy reached a minor milestone on Tuesday as the Home Office published its formal response to a consultation on amending the law, but questions remain regarding how effective the measures will be. Public consultations are a regular part of the British legislative process. In […]
Bloomberg reports: A Mississippi law firm is suing its cyber insurer, alleging the carrier wrongfully denied coverage for a roughly $150,000 loss stemming from an “elaborate” email scheme. Gore, Kilpatrick & Dambrino PLLC was duped into wiring funds to an account controlled by scammers posing as representatives from a company that was dissolved years earlier, […]
Wiley Rein explains: The New Mexico Court of Appeals has held that cyber policy language affording coverage “for” a security breach was ambiguous and must be construed broadly to provide coverage for a breach of contract claim “because of,” “resulting from,” or “on account of” a security breach. Kane ex rel. N.M. Health Connections, Inc. v. Syndicate […]
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into two recent settlements with HIPAA covered entities alleging that they failed to conduct security risk assessments. Robinson & Cole LLP discusses the enforcement actions. Deer Oaks On July 7, 2025, OCR announced a settlement with Deer Oaks, a behavioral health provider, for alleged violations of HIPAA. The settlement resolves […]
