WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Ortho Rhode Island has reached a $2.9 million class action settlement with patients whose information was compromised in a cyberattack last year.
Target 12 reported back in November 2024 that a phone and computer system outage the previous September was actually a hack that could have exposed the names, addresses, billing and health insurance information, and other medical information of “a significant percentage” of Ortho RI’s patients.
BACKGROUND: Ortho RI says cyberattack triggered September outage, hacker accessed patient information
The class action suit, filed in Kent County Superior Court by five patients on behalf of all those affected, alleges Ortho RI did “not follow industry standard practices in securing patients’ Private Information” and waited a full 90 days before notifying patients about the data breach, “thereby depriving the Class of the opportunity to try and mitigate their injuries in a timely manner.”
While Ortho RI denies the allegations, the company has agreed to pay $2.9 million in order to dismiss the lawsuit…