Alabama Hospital Sued By Patients After Ransomware Attack

(January 6, 2020, 8:19 AM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama hospital has violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act by failing to protect the medical records of approximately 32,000 from a recent ransomware attack, a class complaint filed Dec. 23 in a federal court in Alabama alleges (Geraldine Daniels, et al. v. DCH Healthcare Authority, No. 19-2086, N.D. Ala.)....

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