Data leaks and breaches are an unfortunate reality of modern life,as they seem to be occurring with relative frequency. The latest high-profile incident impacts customers of UnitedHealth Group, whose subsidiary, Change Healthcare, reportedly suffered a ransomware attack, resulting in the breach of ...
Hackers breached the computer system of a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary and released ransomware after stealing someone's password, CEO Andrew Witty testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The cybercriminals entered through a portal that didn't have multifactor authentification (MFA) enabled. During an ...
UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people’s personal data fromlast month’s hack of Change Healthcare, its payment processing unit, with more lawsuits likely to come. In a motion filed late on Tuesday...
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Both AT&T incidents pale in comparison with a massive data breach earlier this year at UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s biggest health insurance and health provider conglomerate. According tocongressional testimony by UnitedHealth Chief Executive Andrew Wittyand ...
In a message posted to, and then quickly deleted from their darknet site, the hackers blamed for striking the UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday they stole millions of sensitive records, including medical insurance and health data, from the company. ...
UnitedHealth had blamed the hack on the “Blackcat” gang, a notorious ransomware group that has a history of disruptive attacks. In a message posted to, and then quickly deleted from their darknet site, the hackers said on Feb. 21 that they stole millions of sensitive records, including me...
The Change unit was breached by a hacking group called ALPHV, also known as “BlackCat.” UnitedHealth first reported the breach on Feb. 21. The breach caused widespread disruptions in claims processing, impacting patients and providers across the country. In June, UnitedHealth issued a public ...
United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley reached a proposed settlement to resolve allegations relating to an August 2021 data breach.
UnitedHealth confirmed on the day of the breach that the cybercriminals behind the attack was a Russia-based ransomware gang known as ALPHV or BlackCat. The group itself claimed responsibility for the attack, alleging it stole more than six terabytes of data, including "sensitive" medical...