Stanford Hospital & Clinics this week blamed a third party billing contractor for a data breach that exposed the personal data of some 20,000 patients. Stanford released a statement blaming the contractor just a week after it was hit with a $20 million lawsuit related to the breach. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Sept. 28 by one of the affected patients, Shana Springer, who is seeking $1,000 per compromise record. Stanford said it encrypted the data sent to MSCS, which was to use it for “permissible hospital billing support purposes””]
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