NEW JERSEYAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 25, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

1,062

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED →92 incidents on file

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated reported to HHS on 2024-10-25 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,062 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. An employee misconfigured a website allowing PHI to become viewable.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 25, 2024

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_314d12f96588f04e2024-10-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6ba9e5f3e634abe22024-10-25Verified
Maine State AGbd_a86690d20ebdc4fb2024-10-25Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e34ce634196cc72e2024-10-25Verified

Name: QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
norm: quest diagnostics
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
norm: quest diagnostics
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,062nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Staff were also provided additional cybersecurity training
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Provided additional cybersecurity training to staff
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 25 · first

Indiana State AGOct 25 · first

Maine State AGOct 25 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 25 · first

HHS OCROct 25 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Oct 25, 2024
Raw hash: f1be01d3ef91c71e241ba773de8bf4e0f8a7e6116e6c07446dd2325028bb2c7c

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityQUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED

Victim entityQUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing