Centers Lab NJ LLC, a Hanover, New Jersey-based diagnostic testing laboratory that provides medical and diagnostic testing services to healthcare providers, has announced an August 2025 cybersecurity incident affecting more than half a million patients of its healthcare provider clients. Suspicious activity was identified within its computer systems on August 25, 2025.
Systems were isolated to contain the incident, and steps were taken to prevent further unauthorized access. The forensic investigation confirmed that an unauthorized third party gained limited access to certain systems between August 9, 2025, and August 14, 2025. The forensic investigators determined that files containing patient data were exfiltrated from its systems by an unauthorized third party.
Centers Lab engaged third-party data review specialists to perform a detailed review of the impacted data, and after that process was completed, the findings were internally validated. The validation process has recently been completed, and notification letters have been mailed to the affected individuals. The information compromised in the incident varies from individual to individual and may include names in combination with some or all of the following: date of birth, Social Security number, passport number, driver’s license number/state ID number, medical information, and health insurance information.
Centers Lab said additional data security measures have been implemented to prevent similar incidents in the future, stressing that strong cybersecurity measures had already been implemented prior to the incident. As a precaution against data misuse, the affected individuals have been offered complementary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for between 12 and 24 months.
The data breach was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights as involving the protected health information of 542,377 individuals. While not disclosed by Centers Lab, the Worldleaks threat group claimed responsibility for the attack and published the stolen data on its dark web data leak site. The affected individuals should therefore take advantage of the free services being offered as a precaution against data misuse.
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