Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) on July 15, 2019. The breach occurred between August 1, 2018, and March 30, 2019, when unauthorized access to the external collection agency American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) may have compromised personal information of patients, including names, addresses, and health insurance information.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-148937

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/labcorp

"id": "lab249072825",
"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 Corporation of America Holdings '
                                '(LabCorp)',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'health insurance information']},
 'date_detected': '2019-07-15',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-07-15',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings '
                '(LabCorp) on July 15, 2019. The breach occurred between '
                'August 1, 2018, and March 30, 2019, when unauthorized access '
                'to the external collection agency American Medical Collection '
                'Agency (AMCA) may have compromised personal information of '
                'patients, including names, addresses, and health insurance '
                'information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'health insurance information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-07-15',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'LabCorp Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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