Quest Diagnostics confirms patient data taken in Quanum breach
Original title: Lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics confirms patients’ personal and health data was compromised during breach
Quest says the Wednesday attack hit Quanum and took some protected health information; the number of patients is unstated.
Quest Diagnostics told the SEC in an 8-K that it learned Wednesday of a cyberattack on Quanum, its lab-ordering and billing system used by doctors’ offices, hospitals, and practices. The company said unauthorized access included certain patient records and that some protected health information, described as personal information and patient records, was taken. Quest notified law enforcement and is still investigating what data was taken. It has not said when access began, how many patients were affected, or whether a ransom demand was made.
Unconfirmed: Quest has not said how many patients were affected, when access began, or whether attackers made demands.
- Quanum is described as used by about half a million clinicians across North America.
- A Quest spokesperson did not respond to TechCrunch on Friday.
- Quest’s website note uses noindex, limiting search visibility.
- This follows a 2019 breach of 11.9 million records via a billing vendor.
Impact: patient personal information and health records accessed
- Vendors
- Quest Diagnostics
- Products
- Quanum
- Victims
- Quest Diagnostics
- Organizations
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Countries
- United States
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Quest is the latest in a series of healthcare technology companies that have been hacked in recent months.
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