Life’s a breach

Quest Diagnostics is the latest company to be breached. According to the company, 12 million patients were affected. That means these targets may have had their financial and medical information hacked. The personal information was actually stolen from American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a billing collections company that Quest Diagnostics uses.

Quest Diagnostics reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission that from Aug. 1, 2018, to March 30, 2019, an “unauthorized user” likely had access to personal information taken from AMCA’s system.

The information in AMCA’s system included credit card numbers, medical information, and Social Security numbers but not lab results. Quest Diagnostics acknowledged that it was notified by AMCA of the cybersecurity breach in mid-May.

If you used Quest Diagnostics during the referenced time period, be extra vigilant and check for any suspicious activity on your accounts.