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Quest Diagnostics Says Personal Health Information of 34,000 Customers Hacked (cbsnews.com)
Quest Diagnostics has said in a statement that a hack of an internet application on its network has exposed the personal health information of nearly 34,000 people. "Quest Diagnostics has notified affected individuals via mail and established a dedicated toll-free number to call with questions regarding this incident," the company said. CBS News reports: The Madison, New Jersey-based company says âoean unauthorized third partyâ on Nov. 26 gained access to customer information including names, dates of birth, lab results and in some instances, telephone numbers. The stolen data did not include Social Security numbers, credit card accounts, insurance details or any other financial information. Quest said Monday it is working with a cybersecurity firm and law enforcement to investigate the breach, while taking steps to prevent similar incidents from recurring. If you think you're affected by this hack, you can call (888) 320-9970.
Healthcare is 10 years behind the rest of the industry in IT infrastructure. This is because they keep on cheating out on their IT spendings and those Medical Doctors think they know how to do the work themselves and those hired IT guys are those little people who can do the grunt work so they don't have to.
Most of these security problems isn't the staff or developers fault. But the management who just doesn't get what it takes to keep the data safe and doesn't trust their staff to come up with proper recommendations
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.