The breach has already cost UnitedHealth Group nearly $900 million, company officials said in reporting first-quarter earnings last week, not including ransom paid. Ransomware attacks, which involve disabling a target's computer systems, have become increasingly common within the health care industry....
Back in February, Change Healthcare, part of Unitedhealth Group, suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in a data breach. We now know it affected over 100 million users.
The scale of the hack makes it the worst healthcare data breach in the country. BY REUTERS OCT 25, 2024The February hack at UnitedHealth’s tech unit Change affected the personal information of 100 million people, the U.S. health department’s website showed, making it the largest health...
UnitedHealth, whose Change Healthcare unit was at the center of the breach, said it was aware of the statement and was “looking into it.” Blackcat said it stole data from partners including Medicare, the U.S. military medical health agency Tricare, CVS Health and other companies. The cla...
The breach occurred, according to testimony and statements by the company, because UnitedHealth tried to integrate Change Healthcare’s technology system with its own without first ensuring that Change’s system would require multifactor authentication, a basic ...
(a) the failure of any Healthcare Provider to comply with the obligations set forth in the Agreement; or (b) any action or inaction of Healthcare Providers, including any action or inaction that causes or would reasonably be expected to cause Merchant to be in breach of any of Merchant’...
United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley reached a proposed settlement to resolve allegations relating to an August 2021 data breach.
While Thompson had an in-house security detail during his New York City visit, it wasn't with him at the time of the shooting,accordingto CNN, which cited a source familiar with UnitedHealthcare's security. In the wake of the attack, corporate security experts said companies should take ti...
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Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a U.S. health privacy law, companies have 60 days after discovering a data breach to notify affected individuals that their personal information has been compromised. For breaches affecting more than 500 people, the company must...