Planned Parenthood Sued Over Breach of Los Angeles Patient Data (1)

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles faces a potential class action lawsuit over a data breach that the reproductive health-care provider said exposed personal information on about 400,000 patients.

The lawsuit blames data security failures for the October ransomware attack that exfiltrated patient files, leaving sensitive data vulnerable to identity theft. The suit was brought Thursday by a patient using the initials K.O. to protect her privacy.

Planned Parenthood provides family planning procedures such as abortion and other health services, meaning the data it holds is “highly private,” according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District ...