Over 190 million hit in UnitedHealth data breach — confirmed largest in history
last year’s cyberattack at UnitedHealth was bad enough at 100 million when it was initially reported, the U.S. Health Department’s website now has updated numbers that show the full scope of the data breach was actually worse – 192.7 million people were impacted by the hack
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Aftermath: More than 99% of providers opted to have Change Healthcare notify patients of its massive data breach instead of notifying their patients themselves:
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Is anyone else struggling to put freezes on their kids’ credit after the #ChangeHealthcare security failure?
A company — of whom I’m not a customer and didn’t even know of — handled my 2 & 6 year old’s SSNs and PII negligently, and so now the best option I have (I guess?) is to send their birth certificates & SSN cards (and mine) to 4 other companies of whom I’m also *not a customer*. The only reason I can is due to the FCRA.
What a brilliant example of American Corporate Capitalism at work.
UnitedHealth Group has taken a confrontational approach to retrieve outstanding balances on loans released to HIPAA-covered healthcare companies impacted by the Change Healthcare ransomware attack in February 2024. The attack resulted in an extended outage of Change Healthcare’s network, disrupting revenue cycles because companies could not issue claims. Many companies depleted their finances to maintain ... Read more
It’s been a while since I laughed as hard as when I received (yesterday) a #changehealthcare advertisment in the mail. I actually care about my colleagues and would never intentionally do something that cruel to them.
It was good for a laugh. And some private dunks on the complete lack of self-awareness one must have to make that pitch. How much does one want to bet they change their name before 2026 arrives?
UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by Change Healthcare data breach
UnitedHealth has confirmed the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit last February affected around 190 million people in America — nearly double previous estimates.
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USA: Ausmaß von Gesundheitsdatendiebstahl größer als bisher bekannt
Im vergangen Jahr hatten Kriminelle Patientendaten bei einem US-Gesundheitsdienstleister gestohlen. Nun wurde bekannt, dass 190 Millionen Menschen davon betroffen sind.
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28.1.2025
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Newly released figures suggest the scale of the 2024 Change Healthcare cyberattack is far larger than initially estimated. Around 190 million individuals are thought to have been affected.
The new estimate is almost double the previous figure of 100 million, according to a statement from UnitedHealth Group.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/unitedhealth-breach-could-have-impacted-190m-people
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