A judge has approved a $5 million settlement over a data breach involving Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Microsoft’s Nuance Communications.
Chief Judge Matthew Brann OK’d the agreement March 16 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, according to court documents viewed by Becker’s.
Former Nuance employee Max Vance, 46, of California, pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining information from a protected computer without authorization Feb. 27 in connection with the incident. He had been charged with using his Nuance credentials to log into Geisinger’s servers and download the data of more than 1.2 million of the health system’s patients onto his laptop.
“Safeguarding our data and maintaining the trust of the communities we serve remain our top priorities,” a Geisinger spokesperson told Becker’s. “We hold our vendor partners to rigorous security standards and continually enhance our monitoring and oversight processes. None of the settlement will be paid for by Geisinger or its insurance. We are also pleased that the individual who illegally accessed our systems has pleaded guilty and will be held accountable for his crimes. We thank federal authorities for their work to identify and arrest Mr. Vance.”
Neither Geisinger nor Microsoft admitted to any wrongdoing in connection with the incident.
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