- Cooperative of laboratory services confirmed the suffering of a data violation in October 2024
- An investigation revealed that the crooks have stolen sensitive data
- The information has not yet been surfaced on the dark web
LABORATORY SERVICES COOPERATIVE (LSC), an important American laboratory for health care providers, revealed that it had suffered a data violation and lost certain information to the members.
In a press release published on Son, LSC said that he had identified “suspicious activity” in his network on October 27, 2024. He informed the police and called on third -party cybersecurity experts to analyze the incident and assess its effects.
The survey ended in February 2025 and showed that “certain data related to patients and LSC workers may be affected”.
Stolen payment information
According to Bleeping CompomputeAbout 1.6 million people are affected. The stolen data have not yet disclosed online, and no one has yet claimed responsibility.
Stolen data vary from case to case, explains LSC, adding that it may include contact details (names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails), as well as medical and clinical information (service date (s), processing of processing, and care details), health insurance information, planning type, insurance companies, insurance companies and insurance companies / groups Members / groups of predictions), and the invoicing of the plan, and insurance companies and members / groups of groups / groups. Payment data.
Data may also include complaint numbers, billing details, bank account details (bank name, account number, routing number), billing codes, payment card details, balance and similar banking and financial information.
In addition, crooks may have taken people’s social security numbers, driving license or state identification numbers, passport numbers, birth dates, demographic data, student identification numbers and other forms of government identifiers.
“For LSC workers, the information involved may also include details on their dependent persons or their beneficiaries if this information has been provided in LSC,” the press release said.
LSC acts as a cooperative, which means that it is detained and governed by its member doctors and clinics. The violation mainly affects people who have made tests in certain Planned parenting centers that use LSC for their tests, it was said.
