The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Quest Diagnostics on November 16, 2021. The breach occurred on October 29, 2021, due to an inadvertent email sent containing a spreadsheet with personal information of current and former employees. The information included names, Social Security Numbers, and employee ID numbers, with some individuals potentially having personal email addresses compromised.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-547623
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/quest-diagnostics
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"linkid": "quest-diagnostics",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Quest Diagnostics',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Email',
'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['Spreadsheet'],
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security Numbers',
'Employee ID Numbers',
'Personal Email Addresses']},
'date_detected': '2021-10-29',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-11-16',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Quest Diagnostics on November 16, 2021. The '
'breach occurred on October 29, 2021, due to an inadvertent '
'email sent containing a spreadsheet with personal information '
'of current and former employees. The information included '
'names, Social Security Numbers, and employee ID numbers, with '
'some individuals potentially having personal email addresses '
'compromised.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security Numbers',
'Employee ID Numbers',
'Personal Email Addresses']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-11-16',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Quest Diagnostics Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}