Hackers Breach LabCorp Network, Patient Records at Risk
July 20, 2018
Source: HealthcareIT News
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One of the largest clinical laboratories in the U.S, LabCorp Diagnostics of North Carolina faced a security breach by hackers forcing it to shut down on Sunday to combat the cyber attack.
Officials detected suspicious activity, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, and advised that the system go offline.
Hackers intruded into the LabCorp’s network over the weekend of July 14th. Specific systems were immediately put offline in defense against the breach. Consecutively, test processing and customer access to test results were temporarily hampered.
Annually, LabCorp sees more than 115 million patient encounters, which puts such a large number of patient records at risk if they were to be located on the impacted network. LabCorp was not available for comment.
Officials strived to restore full system functionality, with access to test results services “substantially resuming” on Monday. They are attempting to make other systems functional over the next few days.
“Some customers of LabCorp Diagnostics may experience brief delays in receiving results as we complete that process,” officials said. They have notified relevant authorities of the cyber attack.
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