NORTH CAROLINAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 1, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

1,580

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS →5 incidents on file

Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) reported to HHS on 2013-05-01 a Theft affecting 1,580 individuals. A desktop computer tagged for destruction was stolen after hours from a LabCorp facility. The computer contained ePHI including diagnoses, names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. LabCorp notified HHS, affected individuals, and law enforcement, initiated an internal investigation, retrained employees, changed device storage locations, and updated desktop encryption.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

May 1, 2013

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,580 affectedView incident

Name: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS
norm: laboratory corporation of america
Domain: labcorp.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS
norm: laboratory corporation of america
Domain: labcorp.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,580nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; CE cooperated with OCR, retrained employees, changed storage locations, updated desktop encryption.

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals
Notified law enforcement
Initiated internal investigation
Retrained employees
Changed storage location of mobile devices and computers
Updated encryption for desktop computers
Changes made: Retraining of employees on device security
Changed storage location of mobile devices and computers
Updated encryption for desktop computers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: May 1, 2013
Raw hash: 62ec07671d335687c3ab2126b21d3ed81d9c198ed4c5f1fb67c08e74bd2c45fa

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Reporting entityLABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS

Victim entityLABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing