Labcorp to overhaul data security practices, pay $2.3 million fine for cybersecurity failings
Labcorp will pay $2.3 million and overhaul security after a 44-state settlement tied to the 2019 AMCA breach.
A bipartisan coalition of 44 U.S. state attorneys general announced a settlement with Labcorp over cybersecurity failings tied to the 2019 American Medical Collection Agency breach. Labcorp agreed to pay a $2.3 million fine and to overhaul its data-security practices. The report is a litigation update, not disclosure of a new incident.
- Forty-four state attorneys general settled with Labcorp.
- Labcorp will pay a $2.3 million fine.
- The company pledged sweeping data-security reforms.
- The case stems from the 2019 AMCA breach.
Suzanne Smiley reports another update on litigation stemming from the American Medical Collection Agency breach. A bipartisan coalition of 44 state attorneys general on Thursday announced that they settled a lawsuit against Labcorp in exchange for a $2.3 million fine and a promise of sweeping data security reforms in the wake of a 2019 data... Source
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