NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Enzo Biochem ( ENZ ) will

pay $4.5 million to settle claims it failed to adequately

safeguard personal and private health information of its

patients, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on

Tuedsay.

The settlement with New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

followed a ransomware attack that compromised information

belonging to about 2.4 million patients, including more than 1.4

million New Yorkers, James said.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York)