Eastern Radiologists Sued Over Data Breach Affecting 890,000

Diagnostic-imaging provider Eastern Radiologists Inc. failed to protect the personal information of nearly 890,000 people that was compromised in a November 2023 data breach, a proposed class action said.

Heisha Lynch and her child J.L. alleged that ERI failed to implement reasonable data-security protections, failed to comply with its data-protection obligations under the FTC Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and failed to inform patients concerning the weaknesses in its data-security procedures.

Information exposed in the breach included names, Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, medical-treatment and diagnosis information, procedure information, referring physician, imaging results, and health-insurance information, ...