AMCA Files for Bankruptcy Following Data Breach

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https://www.securityweek.com/amca-files-bankruptcy-following-data-breach

By Eduard Kovacs
SecurityWeek
June 19, 2019

Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, the company that operates healthcare 
billing services provider American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), has 
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to a recent data breach affecting 
millions of individuals.

The breach at AMCA came to light in early June when two of its biggest 
customers, Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, filed 8-K forms with the U.S. 
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Quest said the incident impacted 
nearly 12 million of its patients, while LabCorp said the breach affected 
roughly 7.7 million of its customers.

It was later revealed that over 422,000 patients of BioReference 
Laboratories, half a million patients of CareCentrix, and an unspecified 
number of Sunrise Laboratories customers were also impacted by the breach.

Several class action lawsuits have been filed against AMCA and the other 
companies caught in the breach.

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