MCG Health to Pay $8.8 Million to Settle Suit Over 2022 Breach

MCG Health LLC will pay $8.8 million to settle a class action alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of nearly 1.1 million people that was exposed in a March 2022 data breach.

Members of the nationwide class of people affected by the breach will be eligible for up to $10,000 in reimbursement for extraordinary losses related to the incident, $1,500 for ordinary losses, and three years of credit monitoring services, according to the plaintiffs’ motion for final approval of the settlement.

Judge Ricardo S. Martinez of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ...