UnitedHealth has confirmed that over 100 million people were impacted in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, marking the largest healthcare data breach in recent years. The company had to pay a ransom demand of $22 million, but despite this, the ransomware operation reportedly retained some of the stolen data. The attack and subsequent fallout caused expected losses of $2.45 billion for UnitedHealth as of September 2024.

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