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28 October 2024

US Department of Health and Human Services - 100 million people hit in largest healthcare data breach in history

US Department of Health and Human Services - 100 million people hit in largest healthcare data breach in history

Federal legislators confirm February's UnitedHealth's statement back in April that the data breach exposed data of a third of all Americans. 


After completing its investigation into February's data breach, the US Department of Health and Human Services said this week that roughly a third of all Americans' health data was exposed in the attack. In February, the ransomware hacking group ALPHV, also known as "BlackCat," launched a cyberattack on UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare. 


Change Healthcare is one of the largest health payment processing companies in the world and works with leading insurance companies like Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Cigna.


Continuation to Feb 26 news posted on DPO website 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unitedhealth-confirms-optum-hack-behind-us-healthcare-billing-outage/

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