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posted by mrpg on Thursday July 19 2018, @03:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the with-a-virus? dept.

Submitted via IRC for BoyceMagooglyMonkey

LabCorp, the US' biggest blood testing laboratories network, announced on Monday that hackers breached its IT network over the weekend.

"At this time, there is no evidence of unauthorized transfer or misuse of data," the company said. "LabCorp has notified the relevant authorities of the suspicious activity and will cooperate in any investigation."

[...] "LabCorp made the wise decision to shut down their entire network while determining the extent of the breach," Kothari added, suggesting that the hacker(s) could have very easily propagated through this interconnected network to reach other organizations.

Healthcare organizations are often the targets of hackers mainly due to the highly sensitive data they work with, which is worth more when crooks sell it online, rather than classic username-email-password combos.

Source: Hackers Breach Network of LabCorp, US' Biggest Blood Testing Laboratories


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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday July 19 2018, @02:06PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 19 2018, @02:06PM (#709388) Journal

    They may be able to learn which people have the most marketable vital organs and where they live.

    It's just a business model. Nothing personal.

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