Last year’s ransomware attack on the Change Healthcare business of UnitedHealth impacted nearly 190 million people, roughly double the initial estimate. The biggest medical-related data breach in US history led to months-long outages across the American healthcare system. The company hasn’t yet found any misuse of individuals’ information from the analysis. The data breach has prompted businesses to take the threat of cybersecurity attacks more seriously.
UnitedHealth cyber attack exposes 190 million in largest US healthcare data breach
UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare unit suffered a major data breach in February 2024, initially reported to have affected around 100 million individuals but later revised to
