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Quest Diagnostics reports cyber breach affecting ‘certain patient records’
NBC News • • business
Key Points:
- Quest Diagnostics reported a cyber breach involving unauthorized access to its Quanum Lab Services Manager platform, potentially compromising some patient records.
- The breach was discovered on Wednesday, and the company has notified federal law enforcement and is working with external cybersecurity experts.
- The number of affected patients and specific records accessed remain unknown as the investigation continues.
- Quest Diagnostics has experienced previous data breaches, including incidents in 2016 and 2019 affecting tens of thousands to millions of patients.
- The recent breach is unrelated to the widespread PHP programming language vulnerabilities that have caused global cybersecurity concerns.
