Centene to Pay $10 Million to Settle Suit Over Accellion Breach

Centene Corp. and its Health Net subsidiaries will pay $10 million to settle allegations they failed to protect the personal and health information of more than 1.5 million people that was exposed in a data breach involving Accellion Inc.'s file-transfer software.

Judge Edward J. Davila of the US District Court for the Northern District of California gave final approval to the settlement Tuesday.

• Class members are eligible for cash payments of between $121 and $243, payments for documented losses of up to $10,000, or three years of credit monitoring and insurance
• The court approved an award of more than $2.5 ...