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Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known databreach of protected health information. A breach notification from Change Healthcare.
The Change Healthcaredatabreach in the February 2024 impacted over 100 million, the largest-ever healthcaredatabreach in the US. UnitedHealth Group announced that the databreach suffered by Change Healthcare in February 2024 impacted more than 100 million individuals.
UnitedHealth says it now estimates that the databreach on its subsidiary Change Healthcare affected 190 million people, nearly doubling its previous estimate from October. In October, this was largely confirmed when Change Healthcare reported a number of 100,000,000 affected individuals. Check the vendors advice.
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