Centers Laboratory Discloses Data Breach Affecting 542K Individuals
Centers Lab NJ LLC, a New Jersey diagnostic testing laboratory, has disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 542,000 individuals. The breach involves personal and potentially medical information held by the healthcare services provider.
Why this matters: Medical labs are not where most people think to worry about their data. But they hold some of the most sensitive information that exists — test results, diagnoses, conditions people may not have shared with anyone. Over half a million people are affected here, and they did not choose this lab. Their doctor did. That is the part that stings. When a breach happens to a provider you picked, you can switch. When it happens to a lab your doctor sent your blood to, you had no say and no warning.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · Healthcare professionals · Compliance
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