The biggest medical -related infringement in the history of the United States was even greater than the first estimated.
UnitedHealth ransomware attack Change health care Last year's business affected about 190 million people, almost twice the estimated values of the pastTechCrunch It has been reported Friday (January 24)。
“The change in Healthcare has determined that the total number of individuals affected by the Health Care cyber attack is about 190 million,” said Tyler Mason, a spokeman of United Health in a published email. I wrote it.
“”Majority Among them, individuals or alternative notifications are already provided. The final number will be confirmed and will be submitted to the Civil Rights Bureau at a later date. ”
The statement is the company, “Unaware As a result of this incident, there is no electronic medical record database in the data during the analysis of personal information and analysis. ”
Last year's attack has occurred Several months The entire American health care systemAs Changes are one of the largest processors of domestic health claims.There is also a handling A vast band of health and medical data, patient record.
Hacker steals a huge amount of health and insurance related to insurance. informationWe will publish a part of it online. change health care I paid at least two ransom to maintain other people information Because it will be released. According to the TechCrunch report, United Health mentioned earlier About 100 million People were affected by violations.
As pymnts wrote last month, the attack was one It is attracting attention Last year, cyber security incidentA list that It also includes violations of the background check company that led to the stolen information of 2.9 billion people. there was Snowflake data infringement It covers more than 160 companies in the world's largest 160, at & T, Santander Bank, Advance Auto Parts, TicketMaster Parent Company LiveNation.
“But only those attacks Shaved the surface The vulnerability of emerging companies, “said the report. “In 2025, the lessons from these violations are more relevant to companies that navigate digital frontier.”
In other cyber security news, pymnts wrote about the rise last week. artificial intelligence (AI) use With a security system.
Pymnts Intelligence surveys have tripled the number of COOs (COO), which reported that their companies have adopted an automated cyber security management system last year. It is shown. Reaching 55 % In August 2024, it increased from about 17 % last May.
Each Coo, which was investigated for the survey, represents a company that produces more than $ 1 billion a year.
