Jun 22, 2021 3:45pm Patients have filed several class-action lawsuits claiming Scripps Health was negligent in its failure to protect patient data from breaches. (matejmo/Getty Images) It took several weeks for Scripps Health to get its computer network and medical records system back online after it was hit with a ransomware attack May 1. Now, the five-hospital health system is facing several class-action lawsuits from patients who charge that system leaders failed to keep their medical data safe from hackers. San Diego-based Scripps Health was besieged by a cyberattack that forced the health system to take a portion of its IT system offline for several weeks, which significantly disrupted care and forced medical personnel to use paper records.