UnitedHealth has confirmed, for the first time, that the data of 100 million American citizens were compromised in the hack earlier in the year.
The February cyberattack targeted UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare unit. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) was notified by Change Healthcare that “approximately 100 million individual notices have been sent regarding this breach,” according to an Oct. 24 update on the federal agency’s website with its data breach portal reflecting the revised numbers.
In May, during a House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the hacking incident, UnitedHealth CEO Sir Andrew Witty told lawmakers that the breach impacted a third of Americans, who could have had their sensitive health information leaked to the dark web. The 100-million mark makes the incident the largest-ever health care data breach in the country.
The total yearly estimated costs of the cyberattack are $2.87 billion, based on UnitedHealth Group’s Q3 report, published this month—up from the $2.45 billion estimated in July. Revenues for the corporation went up nearly $8.5 billion to $100.8 billion in the third quarter, with commercial domestic customers increasing by 2.4 million yearly.
According to Change Healthcare (CHC), the data breach could be different for each impacted individual, with information such as first and last name, address, date of birth, phone number, and email falling into the hands of malicious actors. […]
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