CorrectCare Data Breach Lawsuit Settles for $6.9 Million

    Sept. 25, 2024
    Breach exposed sensitive information and left the personal data of 600,000 individuals vulnerable
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    CorrectCare Data Breach Lawsuit Settles for $6.9 Million
    CorrectCare Data Breach Lawsuit Settles for $6.9 Million

     

    HIPAA Journal’s Steve Alder reported on September 23 that the CorrectCare Integrated Health data breach lawsuit has been settled for $6.49 million. CorrectCare, a Kentucky-based medical claims processor for correctional facilities, experienced a cybersecurity breach between January 22, 2022, and July 7, 2022. The breach, affecting around 600,000 people, was not reported until November 2022.

    “In July 2022, CorrectCare identified a misconfiguration on its web server that allowed two file directories to be accessed over the Internet without authentication,” Alder wrote.

    Shub & Johns’s attorney, Benjamin F. Johns, filed a class action lawsuit against CorrectCare on December 7, 2022. “On September 17, 2024, Chief Judge Danny C. Reeves issued an order granting final approval to the $6.9 million settlement,” Alder stated.

    Over 100,000 claims were filed, representing about 17 percent of the class action suit.

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