Breaches and incidents
Oculus Pathology (Austin, Texas): email breach count set at 20,040
HIPAA Journal (24 Sep 2026) reports the lab notified 20,040 patients after employee email accounts were accessed between 31 Mar and 2 Apr 2026, exposing...
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- HIPAA Journal (24 Sep 2026) reports the lab notified 20,040 patients after employee email accounts were accessed between 31 Mar and 2 Apr 2026, exposing SSNs, driver’s license numbers and PHI. Update: HIPAA Journal first reported the incident on 18 Aug 2026 without a count; the count is new.
- Root cause: email account compromise; method not disclosed.
- No attacker named; no misuse detected.
- Email secured and specialists engaged.