Cancer patients’ sensitive information accessed by “unidentified parties” after being left exposed by screening lab for years

A medical lab that specialises in cancer screenings has admitted to an alarming data breach that left sensitive patient information exposed for years - and accessible by unauthorised parties.

California-based Guardant Health is notifying affected individuals that information related to samples collected in late 2019 and 2020 was "inadvertently" left exposed online to the general public after an employee mistakenly uploaded it.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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