DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Methodist Hospitals data breach $425K class action settlement

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Dissent

Top Class Actions reports a settlement in a lawsuit stemming from a 2019 phishing incident that reportedly impacted or potentially impacted 68,039 patients:

The Methodist Hospitals Inc. has agreed to pay up to $425,00 to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges it failed to adequately protect patients’ personal information from being exposed in a data breach.

From about March 13 to June 12, 2019, Methodist Hospital reportedly experienced a cyberattack that resulted in the disclosure of personal and protected health information, including names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, Medicare numbers, Medicaid numbers, payment card information, diagnosis and treatment information, usernames, passwords and other sensitive information.

Read more at Top Class Actions.  The Methodist Hospitals settlement received final approval June 13, 2022.  The deadline to file a claim in the Methodist Hospitals data breach settlement is Oct. 6, 2022.

The case is Jones v. The Methodist Hospitals, Inc., Case No. 45C01-1911- CT-001201, in the the Lake County Indiana Circuit Court

The official settlement website is https://www.jonesmhsettlement.com/

No related posts.

Category: Health DataPhishingU.S.

Post navigation

← CERT-MX suffers credibility #FAIL, accuses DataBreaches.net of disclosing unauthorized info.
Ca: Waterloo Region District School Board hit by cyberattack →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Ransomware in Italy, strike at the Diskstation gang: hacker group leader arrested in Milan
  • A year after cyber attack, Columbus could invest $23M in cybersecurity upgrades
  • Gravity Forms Breach Hits 1M WordPress Sites
  • Stormous claims to have protected health info on 600,000 patients of North Country Healthcare. The data appear fake. (1)
  • Back from the Brink: District Court Clears Air Regarding Individualized Damages Assessment in Data Breach Cases
  • Multiple lawsuits filed against Doyon Ltd over April 2024 data breach and late notification
  • Chinese hackers suspected in breach of powerful DC law firm
  • Qilin Emerged as The Most Active Group, Exploiting Unpatched Fortinet Vulnerabilities
  • CISA tags Citrix Bleed 2 as exploited, gives agencies a day to patch
  • McDonald’s McHire leak involving ‘123456’ admin password exposes 64 million applicant chat records

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Here’s What a Reproductive Police State Looks Like
  • Meta investors, Zuckerberg to square off at $8 billion trial over alleged privacy violations
  • Australian law is now clearer about clinicians’ discretion to tell our patients’ relatives about their genetic risk
  • The ICO’s AI and biometrics strategy
  • Trump Border Czar Boasts ICE Can ‘Briefly Detain’ People Based On ‘Physical Appearance’
  • DeleteMyInfo Wins 2025 Digital Privacy Excellence Award from Internet Safety Council
  • TikTok Loses First Appeal Against £12.7M ICO Fine, Faces Second Investigation by DPC

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.