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Lab provider for Planned Parenthood discloses breach affecting 1.6 million people (therecord.media)

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"A lab company providing services to some Planned Parenthood centers disclosed a data breach on Friday impacting about 1.6 million people.

Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) said it initially discovered the cyberattack on October 27 and began an investigation that was completed in February.

The stolen data includes medical information like dates of service, diagnosis, treatments, lab results, treatment locations and the details of the care provided alongside personal information like health insurance numbers, bank account details, payment cards, Social Security numbers, IDs and more. "

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Fines are treated as a cost of doing business. Jail time should be a better motivator for compliance.