$5M Settlement in Geisinger Health, Nuance Insider Breach

Class Action Litigation and Criminal Case Focus on Actions of an Ex-Tech Worker Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 20, 2025

A federal court on Tuesday granted preliminary approval of a $5 million settlement in consolidated class action litigation filed against Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health and Nuance Communications - part of Microsoft - involving a 2023 insider data breach that affected more than 1 million Geisinger patients.

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The breach at the center of the proposed class action litigation involved a former employee of Nuance Communications, a healthcare technology services provider to Geisinger Health, who is accused of accessing and stealing Geisinger patient information two days after he was terminated from his job (see: Nuance Ex-Employee Indicted for Breach Affecting ...