Debt Collector Goes Bankrupt After Quest Customer Data Hack (1)

Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau Inc., whose business was blamed for a large-scale data breach that affected millions of Quest Diagnostics Inc. customers, filed for Chapter 11 protection, citing fallout from the security issue.

The company, which collects patient receivables for medical labs under the name American Medical Collection Agency, listed both assets and liabilities of as much as $10 million in its bankruptcy petition filed in the Southern District of New York. It’s aiming to liquidate, the company said.

Court documents cited a breach discovered in March that affected customers of Quest Diagnostics. Soon after, Quest, Laboratory Corporation of America, Conduent ...