Jefferson-Blount-St. Clair Mental Health Authority Pays $700K to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

Reported by HIPAA Journal (Steve Alder)

Summary by Cyber Security News7 Oct 2026, 17:44 CEST

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Jefferson-Blount-St. Clair Mental Health Authority has agreed to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit stemming from a 2025 security incident that affected more than 30,000 individuals. Unauthorized network activity was identified on November 25, 2025, and its forensic investigation determined that a ransomware group accessed its network the same day and potentially obtained the personal information of employees and protected health information of 30,434 patients.

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