Settlement Reached in Community Health Systems Breach Suit

A proposed $3.1 million settlement has been reached in a data breach class action lawsuit against Community Health Systems stemming from a 2014 cyberattack that affected 4.5 million individuals. The settlement awaits final approval by a federal court in Alabama, which will hold a hearing on the matter in August, according to a statement on the settlement's claims administrator website.A forensics investigation following the cyberattack determined that an "advanced persistent threat group originating from China used highly sophisticated malware and...