St. Lucie County’s Drug Screening Lab Provides Notice of Data Security Incident
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January 20, 2022
St. Lucie County’s Drug Screening Lab Provides Notice of Data Security Incident
The privacy and security of personal information is of the utmost importance to St. Lucie County’s Drug
Screening Lab (“SLC Lab”), which recently learned that due to a configuration error in the SLC Lab web
portal, certain data was inadvertently made accessible. Upon learning of this issue, SLC Lab corrected the
misconfiguration and immediately launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity
professionals who regularly investigate and analyze these types of incidents. SLC Lab devoted
considerable time and effort to determine what information may have been accessible to unauthorized
users.
After an extensive forensic investigation and thorough review of the data impacted, SLC Lab discovered
on December 28, 2021 that the website portal misconfiguration allowed for data to be accessible to
certain portal users between June 2, 2017 and October 13, 2021. The information included full names and
one or more of the following: Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and limited information related to
type and result of lab test.
To date, SLC Lab is not aware of any reports of identity fraud or improper use of any information as a direct
result of this incident. Out of an abundance of caution, SLC Lab provided notification of this incident
commencing on January 20, 2022 to impacted individuals. Impacted individuals are encouraged to take
steps to protect themselves against identity fraud, including enrolling in complimentary credit monitoring
services, if a Social Security number was impacted, placing a fraud alert/security freeze on their credit
files, obtaining free credit reports, and remaining vigilant in reviewing financial account statements and
credit reports for fraudulent or irregular activity on a regular basis.
SLC Lab is committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information in its possession and has taken
many precautions to safeguard it. SLC Lab continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal
controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information.
Individuals with questions concerning this incident may call a dedicated and confidential toll-free
response line that SLC Lab has set up to respond to questions at 855-604-1740. The response line is
available Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST.
January 20, 2022
St. Lucie County’s Drug Screening Lab Provides Notice of Data Security Incident
The privacy and security of personal information is of the utmost importance to St. Lucie County’s Drug
Screening Lab (“SLC Lab”), which recently learned that due to a configuration error in the SLC Lab web
portal, certain data was inadvertently made accessible. Upon learning of this issue, SLC Lab corrected the
misconfiguration and immediately launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity
professionals who regularly investigate and analyze these types of incidents. SLC Lab devoted
considerable time and effort to determine what information may have been accessible to unauthorized
users.
After an extensive forensic investigation and thorough review of the data impacted, SLC Lab discovered
on December 28, 2021 that the website portal misconfiguration allowed for data to be accessible to
certain portal users between June 2, 2017 and October 13, 2021. The information included full names and
one or more of the following: Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and limited information related to
type and result of lab test.
To date, SLC Lab is not aware of any reports of identity fraud or improper use of any information as a direct
result of this incident. Out of an abundance of caution, SLC Lab provided notification of this incident
commencing on January 20, 2022 to impacted individuals. Impacted individuals are encouraged to take
steps to protect themselves against identity fraud, including enrolling in complimentary credit monitoring
services, if a Social Security number was impacted, placing a fraud alert/security freeze on their credit
files, obtaining free credit reports, and remaining vigilant in reviewing financial account statements and
credit reports for fraudulent or irregular activity on a regular basis.
SLC Lab is committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information in its possession and has taken
many precautions to safeguard it. SLC Lab continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal
controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information.
Individuals with questions concerning this incident may call a dedicated and confidential toll-free
response line that SLC Lab has set up to respond to questions at 855-604-1740. The response line is
available Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST.
