Octapharma Reaches $2.55 Million Settlement Over Data Breach

Octapharma Plasma Inc. has agreed to pay $2.55 million to settle a proposed class action stemming from a breach of Social Security numbers, health data, and donor eligibility information, according to a preliminary approval request.

The plasma-donation chain denies the allegations in the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina but has elected to settle and provide a class of data breach notice recipients cash payments and three years of credit monitoring.

• The class includes approximately 272,000 people impacted by the 2024 breach, according to the preliminary approval request filed to Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr
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