Centers Laboratory Data Breach Affects 540,000 Individuals

### Executive summary: Centers Laboratory disclosed a major data breach attributed to the WorldLeaks extortion group, which claims to have stolen approximately 720 GB of data impacting about 540,000 individuals; exposed information may include highly sensitive healthcare and identification data (SSNs, test results, insurance and billing), and the group uses data-extortion (threatening public release) rather than encryption, prompting HIPAA notifications and significant consumer risk.