Capital Health to Pay $4.5M in LockBit Breach Settlement
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- Capital Health agreed to pay $4.5 million in settlement for a 2023 ransomware attack affecting over 500,000 patients and employees.
- The breach involved data theft by the LockBit group.
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Class Action Stems From 2023 Ransomware Attack Affecting More Than 500,000 Capital Health, which operates hospitals and other facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle consolidated class action litigation involving a 2023 LockBit ransomware and data theft attack affecting more than a 500,000 patients and employees.