Houston-Based Genetics Firm Suffers Data Breach, Potentially Exposing Medical Data of 2,810,878 Patients and Staff
A Houston genetics testing laboratory is notifying patients and staff about a cyberattack that exposed their personal and medical information.
Baylor Genetics says the breach occurred in a limited portion of its IT environment. An HHS filing lists 2,810,878 people affected.
The company detected suspicious activity on or around June 15th and later confirmed unauthorized access between June 11th and June 17th.
Affected data includes names, dates of birth, laboratory test results, medical testing details and in limited cases health insurance information or Social Security numbers for patients.
Certain current and former employees also had Social Security numbers, government identification and financial account data exposed.
The firm completed its review around July 30th and has notified affected individuals while reporting the incident to regulators.
Baylor Genetics states it has enhanced security controls and is offering identity protection resources.
The company says it has no evidence of misuse.
“At this time, Baylor Genetics is not aware of any confirmed identity theft, fraud, or misuse of personal information related to this incident.”
“Laboratory operations continued without interruption throughout the investigation, and there was no impact on Baylor Genetics’ ability to provide genetic testing services.”
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