Empress Ambulance Service LLC allegedly failed to protect patients’ personal information in connection with a May 2022 ransomware attack and data breach that exposed the information of nearly 320,000 current and former patients, a new proposed federal class action says.
Robert D’Agostini alleges Empress Ambulance failed to implement reasonable and adequate data safeguards, failed to monitor its systems for breaches, and negligently allowed third-party hackers to steal patients’ personal health information.
Information exposed in the breach included names, dates of birth, demographic information, diagnosis and treatment information, medical record numbers, dates of service, insurance information, prescription information, and social security ...