UnitedHealth updates number of data breach victims to 190 million
The 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare exposed the data of about 190 million people, according to an update from parent company UnitedHealth Group.
Change Healthcare says 100 million people impacted by February ransomware attack
Change Healthcare updated filings with the federal government to warn that about 100 million people had information accessed by hackers during a ransomware attack in February. The Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) Office for Civil Rights said Change Healthcare notified them on October 22 that “approximately 100 million individual notices have been sent regarding this breach.”
Timeline and Details of the Change Healthcare Breach
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Developing: AlphV allegedly scammed Change Healthcare and its own affiliate (1)
Developing: Someone claiming to be an “affiliate plus” for AlphV claims they were responsible for the Change Healthcare attack but that AlphV stole the payment Change Healthcare had made and suspended the affiliate’s account. The affiliate’s claims appeared on Ramp Forum and have been circulating since then. The post can be seen below, via @vx-underground: