IBM, Johnson & Johnson Hit With Second Health Data Breach Suit

IBM Corp. and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. face a Florida man’s proposed class action over an August data breach that potentially exposed the personal health information of more than a half-million people.

Plaintiff Jarvis Bryant Jenkins alleged the companies were negligent regarding the safety of his sensitive health records, shared with J&J, that that were exposed as result of a data breach at IBM, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The data breach affected J&J’s Janssen CarePath system, a patient support program that offers users ...