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Exact Sciences
Coverage of Exact Sciences in the Nexus archive.
Abbott Laboratoriesorganization2ShinyHuntersorganization1U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinoisorganization1data breachtopic1ransomware attacktopic1Social Security numbertopic1voice phishing attacktopic1Cancer Diagnostics businessorganization1LabCentral portaltopic1extortion claimstopic1
- Patients sue diagnostics company over data breach
A class action lawsuit was filed in Illinois federal court against Abbott Laboratories and its subsidiary Exact Sciences over a data breach involving unauthorized access to patient information. The breach, attributed to cybercriminal group ShinyHunters via a voice phishing attack, exposed sensitive data including Social Security numbers, email addresses, and physical addresses from at-home cancer screening tests.
- Abbott Laboratories probes two cyber incidents amid extortion claims
Abbott Laboratories is investigating two cybersecurity incidents, including unauthorized access to internal legacy Exact Sciences systems in its Cancer Diagnostics business and a separate claim of a breach of its LabCentral portal leading to data theft.