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Medical giant Abbott investigates two cyber incidents as ShinyHunters and ShadowByt3$ both claim breaches

·Source: DataBreaches.net

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Executive Summary

Anna Zhadan reports: American healthcare giant Abbott Laboratories is investigating two cyber incidents that appear to be unrelated: one involving its Cancer Diagnostics business and another affecting its LabCentral portal. Although unrelated, the two disclosures came within days of each other. On July 16th, Abbott said it was investigating an incident involving unauthorized access to a limited...

Analysis

Anna Zhadan reports: American healthcare giant Abbott Laboratories is investigating two cyber incidents that appear to be unrelated: one involving its Cancer Diagnostics business and another affecting its LabCentral portal. Although unrelated, the two disclosures came within days of each other. On July 16th, Abbott said it was investigating an incident involving unauthorized access to a limited... Source
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Originally published by DataBreaches.net on Jul 19, 2026.

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