Chief Healthcare Executive March 16, 2025
Health systems need to invest in top talent and utilize AI tools to protect their organizations.
Back in February 2024, Change Healthcare said the company suffered a catastrophic data breach, with information pertaining to over 100 million patients being stolen by hackers. Important files were encrypted and ransomed, crippling insurance payments for weeks.
Now, almost a year later, UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of Change Healthcare, reports that the leaked data actually affected 190 million people, making this the biggest cyberattack in the industry.
Is the scale of the damage surprising? Not one bit.
Healthcare is the most afflicted industry by cyberattacks, with around 90% of institutions reporting at least one security breach in the last few years. In fact,...