PYMNTS.com August 14, 2025

According to new data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, UnitedHealth Group’s data breach last year affected the personal information of 192.7 million people.

The company had announced an initial estimate of 190 million in January, according to a Thursday (Aug. 14) Reuters report.

“The final total number of individuals impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack is approximately 192.7 million,” a UnitedHealth spokesperson said, adding that the individual state numbers will vary in each state.

The latest figures were posted on a list of data breaches maintained by the U.S. health department’s office for civil rights, Reuters reported.

The data breach at UnitedHealth’s tech unit, Change Healthcare, was the largest such occurrence in the U.S. healthcare industry...

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