Patient Privacy Court Case: March 2021

On Jan. 27, 2020, Brandywine Urology Consultants discovered that it was the victim of a ransomware attack.[1] The ransomware attack targeted encrypted records that included patient names, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical file numbers, claims data, and other financial and personal data. There was no attempt to extract a ransom. A group of individuals brought an action against Brandywine on behalf of themselves and on a class basis for claims of negligence, invasion of privacy, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary data, and Delaware security and consumer fraud violations.

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