Cancer patient sues hospital after ransomware gang leaks her nude medical photos | Victim offered two years of credit monitoring after highly sensitive records dumped online

TL;DR

A cancer patient whose nude medical photos and records were posted online after they were stolen by a ransomware gang, has sued her healthcare provider for allowing the "preventable" and "seriously damaging" leak. intrusion during which malware crew BlackCat (also known as ALPHV) broke into one of the Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) physician's networks, stole images of patients undergoing radiation oncology treatment along with other sensitive health records belonging to more than 75,000 people, and then demanded a ransom payment to decrypt the files and prevent it from posting the health data online. You give the expectation of safety and security, if you act negligently in providing that safety/security, you can be held liable regardless of the conduct of a third party

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