Department of Insurance, security, and banking client data breached in cyberattack
Department of Insurance, security, and banking client data breached in cyberattack
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TechCrunchUnitedHealthcare CEO says 'maybe a third' of US citizens were affected by recent hack
Two months after hackers broke into Change Healthcare systems stealing and then encrypting company data, it’s still unclear how many Americans were impacted by the cyberattack. Last month, Andrew Witty, the CEO of Change Healthcare’s parent company UnitedHealth Group, said that the stolen files include the personal health information of “a substantial proportion of people in America.” On Wednesday, during a House hearing, when pushed to give a more definitive answer, Witty testified that the breach impacted “I think, maybe a third [of Americans] or somewhere of that level.”
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UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on 'substantial proportion of people in America'
Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare earlier this year resulted in a huge theft of Americans' private healthcare data. UnitedHealth said in a statement on Monday that a ransomware gang took files containing personal data and protected health information that it says may "cover a substantial proportion of people in America." The health insurance giant did not say how many Americans are affected but said the data review was "likely to take several months" before the company would begin notifying individuals that their information was stolen in the cyberattack.
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