The health system found multiple employee email accounts had unauthorized activity between July 9 and Aug. 24, 2019. The breach affected more than 166,000 individuals and included Social Security numbers and birth dates, as well as bank account information and credit card details, in addition to other personal information.
Aveanna issued a notification statement of the breach Feb. 18, 2020. The parent of a patient filed a class-action lawsuit against the system May 28. The lawsuit alleges the health system didn’t provide “adequate notice” to the affected individuals and that the system maintained protected health information “in a reckless manner.”
The complaint also includes allegations that the system’s employees didn’t properly monitor the computer network with breached data. Plaintiffs are seeking nominal and compensatory damages as well as reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs and identity theft protection cost coverage.
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