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US Health Dept Says UnitedHealth Hack Impacted 192.7 Million


According to new data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, UnitedHealth Group’s data breach last year affected the personal information

The latest figures were posted on a list of data breaches maintained by the U.S. health department’s office for civil rights, Reuters reported. Change Healthcare was infiltrated by the “Blackcat” ransomware group, which caused widespread disruptions nationwide in claims processing and impacted patients and providers. “Once the threat actor gained access, they moved laterally within the systems in more sophisticated ways and exfiltrated data.

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