Labcorp Reaches $2.3M Multistate Settlement over 2019 Data Breach
The settlement requires Labcorp to strengthen vendor oversight and information security after a breach that may have exposed data from 27.5 million people.
- On Thursday, 44 state attorneys general secured a $2.3 million settlement with Laboratory Corporation of America , resolving a multistate investigation into a 2019 data breach at its debt collector, American Medical Collection Agency .
- The 2019 breach exposed personal information of over 27.5 million people, including 10.2 million Labcorp patients, establishing that HIPAA-covered entities must oversee vendors entrusted with sensitive health information.
- Labcorp must enhance its information security and vendor risk management programs, including hiring a third-party assessor to audit compliance, while paying $2,287,455 to the states.
- This settlement supplements a 2021 multistate agreement with AMCA that included a $21 million suspended payment, while Labcorp separately faces an ongoing $35 million class-action lawsuit involving other AMCA client entities.
- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul stated that while companies can delegate authority, "data security is a non-delegable duty," emphasizing that businesses must properly vet vendors to ensure sensitive information remains secure.
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451,558 Marylanders Impacted By Labcorp Data Breach; Company Reaches $2.3 Million Settlement - The BayNet
BALTIMORE – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that Maryland, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general, has reached a $2.3 million multistate settlement with the Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) resolving an investigation into the 2019 data breach at Labcorp’s debt collector, Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). The AMCA […]
Attorney General Raoul Announces Multistate Settlement With Labcorp Over American Medical Collection Agency Data Breach
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 44 state attorneys general, has secured a settlement with the Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) resolving a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach at Labcorp’s debt collector, Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, doing business as American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). The AMCA breach potentially exposed the personal information of over 27.5 mil…
Labcorp reaches $2.3M multistate settlement over 2019 data breach
Attorney General Kathy Jennings says Delaware is part of a $2.3 million multistate settlement with Labcorp over a 2019 data breach involving its debt collector, potentially affecting 115,250 Delaware residents.
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