Thompson Coburn LLP and its client, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, failed to protect the personal information of more than 300,000 people that was exposed in a May data breach, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in federal district court.
Information exposed in the breach included names, medical-record numbers, patient-account numbers, prescription and treatment information, clinical information, and medical-provider information, according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
The incident affected information in the Thompson Coburn network that it had obtained from Presbyterian Healthcare as its legal counsel, according to the firm’s ...
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