Penalty Amount
$2,287,455
Consumers Affected
27,500,000
Labcorp agreed to pay $2,287,455 and make security and vendor-management reforms following a 2019 breach of its debt collector AMCA that potentially exposed personal information of more than 27.5 million people, including Labcorp patients’ sensitive medical information. The settlement requires stronger security and incident response practices, limits on vendor data sharing, enhanced vendor oversight, contractual cybersecurity requirements, and an independent security assessment.
Labcorp must pay $2,287,455 to the states and implement comprehensive security and vendor-risk-management reforms. These include an improved information security program and incident response plan, minimized vendor data sharing, enhanced vendor assessments and compliance verification, cybersecurity requirements and termination rights in debt-collector contracts, and an independent information security assessment focused on vendor risk management.
Review vendor and debt-collector agreements for limits on the data shared, permitted-use restrictions, data segmentation requirements, minimum cybersecurity standards, regular security assessments and audit rights, prompt notice and cooperation obligations for suspected incidents, and termination rights for non-compliance. Update data processing agreements and healthcare business associate or service-provider terms as applicable to require vendor risk reviews and verification of controls, and ensure customer-facing privacy and service terms accurately describe vendor disclosures and safeguards. Review employee incident-response policies and related confidentiality obligations so vendor security warnings are escalated internally and handled under a documented response plan.
Entity
Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp)
Industry
HealthcareOfficial Press Release
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-secures-23-million-and-reforms-protect-consumers-after
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https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/laboratory-corporation-of-america-assurance-of-voluntary-compliance-2026.pdf
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"Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp)"
"Labcorp will pay $2,287,455 to the states, including $89,178 to New York."
"Between August 1, 2018 and March 30, 2019, a hacker accessed AMCA’s internal system and was able to collect customers’ personal information."
"The breach exposed the personal information – including Social Security numbers, payment card information, and names of medical tests and diagnostic codes – of approximately 420,00 New Yorkers."
"September 24, 2026"
"As part of a settlement with Attorney General James and the coalition, Labcorp will overhaul its data security practices and develop a new system for sharing data with third party debt collectors to protect consumers."
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