Quest Diagnostics breach: Nearly 12M customers may have had data compromised
Quest Diagnostics, one of the country's largest providers of diagnostic testing, said that nearly 12 million customers may have had information compromised due to a data breach.
The Secaucus-based diagnostic testing company confirmed that there was a data security incident involving AMCA, a billing collections vendor, said Wendy Bost, spokeswoman for Quest Diagnostics. While the breach did not happen at Quest Diagnostics, AMCA provides services to Optum360, which in turn provides payment services to Quest Diagnostics, said Bost.
In a SEC filing, Quest Diagnostics said that AMCA informed them that there had been unauthorized access on AMCA's web payment page and that information from both Quest Diagnostics and Optum360 customers may have been compromised.
Questions to AMCA were referred to Brunswick Group, an advisory firm. A call to Brunswick Group seeking comment was not immediately returned.
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(Cherry Hill Courier Post)
