Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Quest Diagnostics

34,055 individuals · submitted December 12, 2016

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Quest Diagnostics, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 34,055 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, telephone numbers, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Quest Diagnostics
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
34,055
Submission date
December 12, 2016
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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