Solara Medical Supplies to Pay $5 Million in Data Breach Deal

Solara Medical Supplies is on track to pay $5 million as part of a settlement with a group of individuals who claim that their personal and medical information was compromised when hackers breached the company’s computer system, after a federal court granted preliminary approval.

The 2019 breach exposed the Social Security numbers, names, dates of birth, insurance information, financial information, and medical information of tens of thousands of individuals, according to the six plaintiffs who brought the suit.

Judge Marilyn L. Huff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted preliminary approval of the deal on ...