Abbott Laboratories is investigating two separate cybersecurity incidents involving its Cancer Diagnostics business and its LabCentral portal, with one linked to ShinyHunters and the other to ShadowByt3$. The company says the incidents have not affected operations, while both threat actors claim to have stolen internal documents and, in the ShinyHunters case, large amounts of personal and medical data. #Abbott #ExactSciences #ShinyHunters #ShadowByt3$ #LabCentral
Keypoints
- Abbott is investigating unauthorized access to legacy Exact Sciences systems in its Cancer Diagnostics business.
- ShinyHunters added Abbott to its leak site and threatened to publish allegedly stolen data.
- Abbott says the incident did not affect operations, manufacturing, lab work, or patient services.
- A second claim alleges breach of Abbott’s LabCentral portal through compromised customer credentials.
- Abbott says LabCentral hosts only public technical documents and contains no sensitive customer data.