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CommonSpirit sued over 2022 cyberattack

Posted On: Jan. 6, 2023 9:34 AM CST

A CommonSpirit Health patient filed a lawsuit against the health system after it suffered a ransomware attack last year that compromised the private health information of more than 623,000 people, Healthcare Dive reports. Leeroy Perkins, a Washington state resident, filed suit in federal court in Illinois last week alleging the Chicago-based health system failed to implement basic data security measures to protect patient health information.