Ambulance Service Sued Over Data Breach Affecting 858,000 People

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service Inc. failed to protect the personal information of more than 858,000 people that was exposed in a May 2023 data breach, a proposed federal class action said.

Kirkston Spann II alleged that Superior breached its duties under common law, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and HIPAA to implement reasonable data-security measures, comply with industry standards and federal regulations, and provide timely and adequate notice of the breach.

Information exposed in the incident included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or state identification numbers, financial-account information, payment-card information, patient-record information, medical-diagnosis information, medical-treatment ...