NORTH CAROLINAMisuseHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 8, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

1,431

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

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

LabCorp reported to HHS on 2023-09-08 an unauthorized access/disclosure affecting 1,431 individuals. An employee impermissibly disclosed PHI—including names, dates of birth, addresses, lab results, and treatment information—to wrong recipients via paper/films. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and provided credit monitoring and implemented additional safeguards.

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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

Sep 8, 2023

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_a83dd26132b836eb2023-09-08Verified

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
Also named: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdingsdba oflegal entity
LabCorpdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,431nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGSep 8 · first

HHS OCRSep 8 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

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: Sep 8, 2023
Raw hash: 269bbe4ad7b41e48c4ea64199b8945a8193d69cc7d122b916e9cfd0156df1886

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS

Victim entityLABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing