Penalty Amount
$500,000
Consumers Affected
656,000
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a $500,000 settlement with orthopedics practice OrthopedicsNY, LLP for failing to implement adequate data security measures, leading to a 2023 cyberattack that exposed personal and health information of approximately 656,000 patients and employees. The settlement requires OrthopedicsNY to pay the penalty, fund one year of free credit monitoring for affected individuals, and adopt enhanced data security practices including multifactor authentication, encryption, and annual risk assessments.
OrthopedicsNY must pay $500,000 in penalties and costs to the state, fund one year of free credit monitoring for all 656,000 affected patients and employees, implement a comprehensive information security program with access limits, multifactor authentication for remote access, data encryption, network monitoring for anomalous activity, and conduct annual risk assessments to identify data security risks.
In-house legal teams should review all agreements with healthcare vendors and service providers that handle patient or employee personal data to ensure robust data security requirements. Contracts should mandate implementation of multifactor authentication for remote access, encryption of sensitive data at rest and in transit, and annual risk assessments. Agreements must also require vendors to maintain comprehensive information security programs with strict access controls and network monitoring, and include clear penalties for security failures that lead to breaches. Additionally, contracts should address breach notification obligations and require vendors to fund credit monitoring or similar remediation for affected individuals in the event of a data breach.
Entity
OrthopedicsNY, LLP
Also known as: OrthopedicsNY
Industry
Healthcare"OrthopedicsNY, LLP"
"$500,000"
"December 26, 2025"
"failed to implement reasonable data security practices designed to protect patients’ information"
"attackers then downloaded unencrypted files containing sensitive private personal and health care information of approximately 656,000 individuals"
"exposing the information of more than 650,000 patients and employees"
$2.6M
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$1.9M
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