Health-care billing company Medical Billing Specialists Inc. didn’t appropriately monitor its computer systems, failing to notice a data breach exposing swaths of its clients’ patient data, a proposed class action said.
The provider didn’t follow its contractual requirements with medical providers, nor “industry standards, common law, and representations” it made about its security practices, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. MBS’ inadequate cybersecurity posture enabled a February 2024 breach that revealed patients’ data including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, medical diagnoses and treatments, and ...
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