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Quest Diagnostics has been hacked. Patient data was exposed. They serve roughly half of U.S. hospitals and physicians. Investigation ongoing.Read original on X
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Quest Diagnostics hacked, patient data exposed in ongoing investigation
The company serves roughly half of U.S. hospitals and physicians, so the exposure could reach many patients.
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TL;DR of this week. Your aunt’s password: “P4ssword!” (on a Post-it note in the kitchen) The stewards and guardians of the internet’s encryption’s password: “4” Yes, just 4. This key could be used to target and decrypt ~everything, and we’re still cleaning up residual risk.Read original on X
There's about a coin-flip chance Quest Diagnostics has run your blood work in the last three years. On Wednesday, Quest found a stranger inside the system doctors use to pull up those results. Quest hasn't said how many people are affected yet. Its SEC filing just says the intruder got into "certain patient records," and the company is still working out whose. Here's why this one should bother you more than the usual "your email got leaked" story. When someone steals your credit card, your bank kills the number and you've got a new card in a few days. A lab result doesn't work like that. If it says you're HIV positive or that a biopsy came back bad, that stays true about you no matter how many copies are floating around. The system is called Quanum Lab Services Manager, and clinics use…Read original on X
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