Quest Diagnostics, one of largest providers of diagnostic testing in the US, today confirmed that nearly 12 million customers may have had information compromised due to a data breach. American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a billing collections service provider notified Quest Diagnostics that an unauthorized user had access to AMCA’s system containing personal information AMCA received from various entities, including from Quest. AMCA provides billing collections services to Optum360, a
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