UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary, Change Healthcare, fell victim to a ransomware attack by ALPHV/BlackCat in February, leading to the largest US healthcare data breach yet. Over 100 million people had their sensitive data, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers, stolen. The incident was enabled through stolen credentials without multi-factor authentication and network disruptions continue to persist. A $22 million ransom was paid to confirm the data theft.
Change Healthcare breach affected 100 million Americans, marking a new record
The recent data breach at Change Healthcare is now known to have impacted 100 million Americans, according to new information revealed to the Health and