HCA Healthcare sued for recent data breach

Just one week after HCA Healthcare reported a data theft that affected more than 170 of its hospitals and could impact more than 11 million of its patients, the sprawling Nashville-based health system is facing a class action lawsuit for the breach.

WHY IT MATTERS

According the lawsuit, filed in U.S District Court in Middle District of Tennessee, plaintiffs Gary Silvers and Richard Marous, two HCA patients living in Florida, "seek monetary damages and injunctive and declaratory relief" arising …