UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time that over 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the Change Hea

UnitedHealth says data of 100 million stolen in Change Healthcare hack

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2024-10-25 04:00:03

UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time that over 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, marking this as the largest healthcare data breach in recent years.

In May, UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty warned during a congressional hearing that "maybe a third" of all American's health data was exposed in the attack.

A month later, Change Healthcare published a data breach notification warning that the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare exposed a "substantial quantity of data" for a "substantial proportion of people in America."

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights data breach portal updated the total number of impacted people to 100 million, making it the first time UnitedHealth, the parent company of Change Healthcare, put an official number to the breach.

"On October 22, 2024, Change Healthcare notified OCR that approximately 100 million individual notices have been sent regarding this breach," reads an updated FAQ on the OCR website.