Cooper Health System is facing a wave of legal woes after revealing a data breach that may have exposed the personal and medical information of more than 57,000 people, according to legal filings and the health care system itself.

New Jersey-based Cooper Health System is facing a proposed federal class action alleging it failed to protect the personal information of more than 57,000 patients that was exposed in a May 2024 data breach.

The class action lawsuit, filed in Penobscot County, says St. Joseph Hospital and its owner should have done more to protect patients' private information.

Covenant Health said the hospital experienced a cyber incident initiated by an outside group that affected phone and internet access.

A lawsuit accuses Covenant Health of failing to protect patient data after a recent cyberattack that disrupted hospital systems in Maine.

Cooper Health System's recent data breach has affected more than 57,000 patients, leading to lawsuits and worries about healthcare data security.

New York and 27 other states sued bankrupt genetic testing company 23andMe to block the sale of 15 million customers' personal genetic information.

A Scranton-based nonprofit addiction treatment organization faces eight class-action lawsuits regarding a data breach involving health and personal identification records of over 22,000 former and