Tech · 12 d ago
Quest Diagnostics confirms patients' health data was taken in a cyberattack
Quest said it learned of the attack on Wednesday. It hit Quanum, a platform doctors' offices and hospitals use to order lab tests and handle billing.
What we know
- Certain patient records were accessed
- Law enforcement has been notified
Not yet
- How many patients are affected
- When the breach began
- Which data was taken
Quest has not said how many patients are affected or what data was taken.
Records lost in 2019
11.9 million patient records
It is Quest's second known major breach in a decade, after 11.9 million patient records were lost in 2019.
