The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Quest Diagnostics on December 19, 2014. The breach occurred on November 17, 2014, when an employee mistakenly sent personal information via secured email to outside parties. Approximately 34,000 individuals were affected, with compromised information including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-47804
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/quest-diagnostics
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"linkid": "quest-diagnostics",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2014",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 34000,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Quest Diagnostics',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Human Error',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 34000,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'dates of birth']},
'date_detected': '2014-11-17',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-12-19',
'description': 'An employee mistakenly sent personal information via secured '
'email to outside parties.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'dates of birth']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Quest Diagnostics Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Misconfiguration'}