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Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen


The UnitedHealth-owned medical coding service was hacked earlier this year by a ransomware gang.

Medical billing giant Episource is notifying millions of people across the United States that their personal and health information was stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year. Episource, owned by health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Optum, provides billing adjustment to the doctors, hospitals, and other organizations that work in the healthcare industry. In notices filed in California and Vermont on Friday, Episource said a criminal was able to “see and take copies” of patient and member data from its systems during the weeklong breach ending February 6.

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