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Baylor Genetics breach exposes 2.8 million
Genetic test results and SSNs were taken.
- Organisation
- Baylor Genetics
- Disclosed
- 26 August 2026
- Affected
- 2,800,000
- Data
- Genetic results, conditions, SSNs
- Attacker
- Unknown
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Baylor Genetics breach exposes 2.8 million”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 26 Aug 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-08-26-baylor-genetics-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://www.kcra.com/article/baylor-genetics-medical-data-breach/73534860.
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