Quest Diagnostics, a Secaucus, New Jersey-based Fortune 500 diagnostic testing company, has notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it has identified unauthorized access to its Quantum Lab Services Manager (LSM) system and suspects patient records have likely been compromised. The scale of the data breach has yet to be determined.
Patient Data Likely Accessed in Quest Diagnostics Hack
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