Capital Health cyber breach leads to data theft and IT outages
US hospital operator Capital Health suffered a cyber breach in November 2023 that caused IT and network outages. LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened to publish data, claiming it had only stolen data without encryption so as not to disrupt patient care. A data breach lawsuit was later settled for $4.5 million.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Capital Health
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- IT and network outages and data theft
- Cause / method
- Data stolen in a cyber breach; LockBit claimed the attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It was reported that Capital Health hospitals had experienced IT and network outages due to a cyber-attack.
- LockBit claimed it had carried out the November 2023 attack, said it had stolen data without encryption and threatened to publish it.
- A $4.5 million settlement of a class action over the Capital Health data breach was reported.
- Follow-up details were released stating that the Capital Health data breach lawsuit had been settled for $4.5 million.
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- $4.5M Capital Health data breach class action settlement
- Capital Health Data Breach Litigation Settled for $4.5M
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