Enzo Biochem to pay $4.5 mln for failing to safeguard patient data

Reuters08-13

NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Enzo Biochem will pay $4.5 million to settle claims it failed to adequately safeguard personal and private health information of its patients, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuedsay.

The settlement with New York, New Jersey and Connecticut followed a ransomware attack that compromised information belonging to about 2.4 million patients, including more than 1.4 million New Yorkers, James said.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York)

((jon.stempel@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6317; Reuters Messaging: jon.stempel.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))

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