Cybersecurity Dive April 23, 2024
More than 20 screenshots of potentially stolen patient data were posted on the dark web for about a week, the insurer said Monday.
Dive Brief:
- UnitedHealth Group said it paid hackers a ransom in an attempt to protect patient information from disclosure after a cyberattack against its subsidiary Change Healthcare in February, the company confirmed to Healthcare Dive on Monday.
- The healthcare behemoth also said patient data was compromised. UnitedHealth found files involved in the cyberattack containing protected health information or personally identifiable information that “could cover a substantial proportion of people in America,” according to a press release.
- UnitedHealth also said 22 screenshots of allegedly stolen files, some containing patient health information, were posted on the...
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