Owner of St. Joseph Hospital agrees to pay $2M to settle data breach lawsuit

The owner of St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a major data breach last year. In the 86-page settlement submitted to Penobscot County Superior Court, Covenant Health agreed to make two payments into an escrow account to cover claims stemming from the May 2025 infiltration of the system’s IT network. Read more.