New York Blood Center Hit With Suits Over January Data Breach

New York Blood Center is facing at least three federal lawsuits alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of thousands of blood donors that was exposed in a January ransomware attack and data breach.

Shanell Dean, Jackie de Leon-Wallin, and Allison Storchevoy alleged in separate proposed class actions that the blood-donation center breached its duties under common law, contract law, industry standards, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act to implement reasonable and adequate data-security measures and provide timely notice of the incident.

Information exposed in the breach included names, dates of ...