Healthcare Firm Handing $2,000,000+ To Customers After Data Breach Exposes ‘Highly Confidential’ Information of 512,000 People

A US healthcare firm has agreed to pay out 2.2 million dollars to settle a class action linked to a data breach at Consulting Radiologists Ltd in February 2024, which was later added to LockBit’s leak site in April 2024, according to the settlement administrator’s portal. The breach exposed highly confidential information for about 512,000 people, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical and health insurance details.

The settlement, filed in November 2024, seeks to address claims that the firm failed to secure and safeguard patients’ protected health information and personally identifiable information. The article notes the $2.2 million payout and frames the incident as part of litigation stemming from the February 2024 breach. Readings across the coverage cite the same core facts: the breach, the scope of affected individuals, and the resulting class action settlement.