Brockton Neighborhood Health Center to Pay Up to $850,000 to Settle Breach Lawsuit

Reported by HIPAA Journal (Steve Alder)

Summary by Cyber Security News27 Oct 2026, 13:39 CET

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Massachusetts-based Brockton Neighborhood Health Center has agreed to pay up to $825,000 to settle class action litigation over a 2024 cyberattack and data breach that affected 97,488 individuals. The data breach that sparked the lawsuits was identified on November 3, 2024. The forensic investigation confirmed that an unauthorized third party accessed its network between November 1 and November 3, 2024.

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