Pa. health system agrees to $65 million settlement after hackers leaked nude photos of cancer patients | CNN Business

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A Pennsylvania health care system this month agreed to pay $65 million to victims of a February 2023 ransomware attack after hackers posted nude photos of cancer patients online, according to the victims’ lawyers.

It’s the largest settlement of its kind in terms of per-patient compensation for victims of a cyberattack, according to Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, a law firm that for the plaintiffs.

The settlement, which is subject to approval by a judge, is a warning to other big US health care providers that the most sensitive patient records they hold are

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