Mass. AG secures settlement with Rowley company

Mass. AG secures settlement with Rowley company

ROWLEY — Ambulance billing company Comstar agreed to pay $515,000 to Massachusetts and Connecticut as result of a march 2022 data breach that left approximately 350,000 residents in those states open to fraud.

ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH AMBULANCE BILLING VENDOR FOR FAILING TO SAFEGUARD SENSITIVE PATIENT MEDICAL INFORMATION

(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that Connecticut and Massachusetts have reached a $515,000 settlement with Comstar, LLC, a Massachusetts-based ambulance billing vendor, for failing to safeguard sensitive patient information during a March 2022 data breach that potentially affected the Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial account numbers,…

Ambulance billing company to pay $515K after data breach exposed Conn., Mass. patient data

Comstar, LLC agreed to pay Connecticut and Massachusetts and strengthen its cybersecurity after a 2022 breach exposed sensitive personal and medical information of nearly 350,000 residents