BreachCensus

Baylor Genetics

United States of America

Baylor Genetics is an organisation in Texas. It appears on the HHS OCR breach portal, the Massachusetts Attorney General breach-notification register, the California Attorney General breach-notification register, the Washington State Attorney General breach-notification register, the Texas Attorney General breach-notification register and the Vermont Attorney General breach-notification register with 3 confirmed incidents (4 filings); the most recent notice was filed on August 18, 2026.

Data as of September 19, 2026.

Confirmed incident

US-TX

Disclosed
August 18, 2026
Records affected
2,810,878

Timeline

  1. August 18, 2026
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    TX AG breach notification: 248,430 Texas residents affected

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What a Texas notice means

Governed by Tex. Bus. & Com. Code §521.053. Notice to the Attorney General is required when a breach affects at least 250 Texas residents.

Note: the published count is a total, not limited to Texas residents.

Texas breach-notification register ↗

Confirmed incident

Filed in TX, WA, CA, MA and VT — Hacking/IT Incident

The same incident was filed separately with 5 jurisdictions within a few days of each other (TX, WA, CA, MA and VT) — shown here as one incident.

“On or around June 15, 2026, Baylor Genetics identified suspicious activity within a limited portion of its information technology environment.”

Occurred
June 11, 2026
Discovered
June 15, 2026
Disclosed
August 14, 2026
Records affected
2,810,878

Timeline

  1. August 14, 2026
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    MA AG breach notification: 56,636 Massachusetts residents affected

    source
  2. August 14, 2026
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    CA AG breach notification: an unknown number of California residents affected

    source
  3. August 14, 2026
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    HHS OCR breach portal listing: Hacking/IT Incident; Network Server

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  4. August 14, 2026
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    WA AG breach notification: 27,243 Washington residents affected

    source
  5. August 14, 2026
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    VT AG breach notification: 2,630 Vermont residents affected

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What a Washington notice means

Governed by RCW 19.255.010. Notice to the Attorney General is required when a breach affects more than 500 Washington residents.

Note: the count is Washington residents only, not a total.

Washington breach-notification register ↗

What a California notice means

Governed by Cal. Civ. Code §1798.82. A copy of the notification must be sent to the Attorney General when a single breach requires notifying more than 500 California residents.

Note: no affected-count is published on this register.

California breach-notification register ↗

What a Massachusetts notice means

Governed by M.G.L. c. 93H. Notice to the Attorney General is required for a breach affecting any number of Massachusetts residents' personal information -- the statute sets no minimum count.

Note: the count is Massachusetts residents only, not a total.

Massachusetts breach-notification register ↗

What a Vermont notice means

Governed by 9 V.S.A. §2435. Notification to the Attorney General is required.

Note: the count is Vermont residents.

Vermont breach-notification register ↗

Confirmed incident

Filed in WA and CA — Phishing Attack

The same incident was filed separately with 2 jurisdictions within a few days of each other (WA and CA) — shown here as one incident.

Occurred
September 24, 2019
Disclosed
September 14, 2020

Timeline

  1. September 14, 2020
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    WA AG breach notification: 804 Washington residents affected

    source
  2. September 14, 2020
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    CA AG breach notification: an unknown number of California residents affected

    source