According to the Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD), personal information of sexual assault victims from rape kit investigations may have been leaked through a data breach involving a former contractor.
In a statement, OKCPD said it had recently been made aware that DNA Solutions Inc., which performed forensic testing for the department, suffered a network security incident involving data from rape kit investigations.
The unauthorized third party that accessed their network may have compromised health and personal information from sexual assault kits sent to them for testing. The compromised data did not include personally identifiable information like social security numbers, financial information, or driver’s license information.
The officials at DNA Solutions said they had become aware of the security breach on November 18th, 2021, and took immediate actions to correct it. The company has informed the individuals or organizations directly impacted by the breach and will provide them free credit monitoring and identity threat protection for a year.
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