Lawsuit Investigation: Health Care Service Corporation Data Breach

Attorneys working with ClassAction.org are looking into whether a lawsuit can be filed against Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) in light of a data breach reportedly affecting nearly 200,000 individuals.

On August 21, 2023, HCSC filed a notice of a data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicating that 192,231 individuals were affected by a “hacking/IT incident” involving a network server.   

It’s now being investigated whether the health insurance company took proper steps to protect sensitive and private information and whether a class action lawsuit could be filed to help compensate data breach victims.

What Information Was Affected?

Little information is currently known about the Health Care Service Corporation data breach, including who may be affected, how the security incident occurred and what information may have been exposed. In general, however, only breaches involving protected health information are reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

That being said, if you received a notice about the breach via email or regular mail, you could help attorneys with their investigation by filling out the form on this page.

How Could a Lawsuit Help?

If a class action lawsuit can be filed against HCSC over the data breach, affected individuals may be able to recover money for any harm resulting from the incident. This could include compensation for time lost responding to the breach, related out-of-pocket expenses, loss of privacy, and more.

What You Can Do 

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