Lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics confirms patients’ personal and health data was compromised during breach
Quest Diagnostics has confirmed a cyberattack on its Quanum platform, resulting in the unauthorized access of sensitive patient health and billing records. This incident is part of a broader trend of cyberattacks targeting major healthcare and medical technology companies.
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Highlights the increasing vulnerability of critical healthcare infrastructure to cybercrime and the potential for large-scale patient data theft.
Medical lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics has confirmed a cyberattack and data breach affecting an as-yet unspecified amount of sensitive patient information stored in its systems, according to a legally required disclosure with U.S. regulators.
Quest said in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it learned of a cyberattack on Wednesday targeting one of its lab testing systems, Quanum, which allows doctor’s offices, hospitals, and healthcare practices to request lab tests for patients while also handling billing. The platform stores a large amount of patient health and medical records, as well as associated diagnostic and billing data.
The company said the unauthorized access included the accessing of “certain patient records.” Quest said it notified law enforcement and is investigating.
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