LabCorp: 'Suspicious activity' detected on IT systems was ransomware

LabCorp has said the "suspicious activity" it detected on its information technology system over the weekend was a "new variant of ransomware." The Burlington-based bio-tech giant disclosed the hack of its IT system in a filing Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to an updated statement, the activity was detected during the weekend of July 14, and "the activity was subsequently determined to be a new varian t of ransomware. LabCorp promptly took certain systems offline…
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