The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd. experienced a data breach involving its vendor, Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). The breach, discovered on May 15, 2019, potentially exposed patient names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, service dates, balance information, and treatment provider information. The breach occurred on May 15, 2019, with prior incidents dated August 1, 2018, and March 30, 2019.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-149195
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/labcorp
"id": "lab156072625",
"linkid": "labcorp",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['patient names',
'addresses',
'phone numbers',
'dates of birth'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['patient names',
'addresses',
'phone numbers',
'dates of birth',
'service dates',
'balance information',
'treatment provider '
'information']},
'date_detected': '2019-05-15',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd. experienced a data '
'breach involving its vendor, Retrieval Masters Creditors '
'Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). The '
'breach, discovered on May 15, 2019, potentially exposed '
'patient names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, '
'service dates, balance information, and treatment provider '
'information. The breach occurred on May 15, 2019, with prior '
'incidents dated August 1, 2018, and March 30, 2019.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['patient names',
'addresses',
'phone numbers',
'dates of birth',
'service dates',
'balance information',
'treatment provider information']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}