SPRINGFIELD — A class action suit has been filed against Baystate Health after the data of 12,000 patients was left vulnerable following a February phishing attack.Westfied attorney Kevin Chrisanthopoulos filed the suit April 11 in U.S. District Court here in Springfield. He announced the suit Thursday.A class action suit means Chrisanthopoulos is looking for more plaintiffs to add to the suit seeking monetary damages all the eventual plaintiffs would share. The information compromised in the hack includes patient names, dates of birth, health information (such as, diagnoses, treatment information, and medications), and in some instances, health insurance information, and a limited number of Medicare numbers and Social Security numbers.On February 7, 2019, Baystate Health learned of unauthorized access to an employee’s email account and immediately launched an investigation. During the course of the investigation the health care giant learned that nine employee email accounts were compromised as a result of an email phishing incident.Lead plaintiff Aleyda Torresis of Springfield, says she is now at heightened risk for identity theft and other cybercrime, according to court papers.A Baystate spokeswoman declined to comment on the lawsuit.Baystate Health announced the breach April 8, just three days before the suit was filed but after… Read full this story
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