The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska approved a settlement between Nebraska Medicine and a class of patients over a 2020 data breach, Bloomberg reports. The court found approximately 125,000 people whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised due to the breach can submit claims for compensation.
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