LabCorp, US’ Biggest Testing Laboratories suffers major cyber security breach
Healthcare organizations are becoming the targets of hackers now days due to highly sensitive data they deal with. The gathered data is worth minting money by selling it online rather than extorting users by stealing their email- password combos. Labcorp (Laboratory Corporation of America) , a leading global life sciences company and the largest clinical laboratories suffered one such major cyber security breach over the weekend! The firm headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina, runs large network of labs and health care centers across the world and provides diagnostic, drug development and other health care services to more than 115 million patients every year. The annual turnover of the company is estimated to be more than $10 billion. Labcorp, a fortune 500 company, is known to deliver world class forensic, genetic- specialized test facilities, diagnostic solutions performing routine tests; the most common tests being blood tests, HIV tests and urine analysis. ...