Becker's Healthcare January 27, 2025
Giles Bruce

Change Healthcare has increased its estimate of the number of people whose personal and health data was breached in a 2024 ransomware attack to 190 million.

The UnitedHealth Group claims processing subsidiary had previously reported that hackers compromised the information of 100 million people before releasing the new figure Jan. 24.

“The vast majority of those people have already been provided individual or substitute notice,” a Change Healthcare spokesperson told Becker’s. “The final number will be confirmed and...

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