Change Healthcare Data Breach
Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of Optum and UnitedHealth Group and the largest healthcare payment processing clearinghouse in the United States, suffered a catastrophic ransomware attack orchestrated by the BlackCat (ALPHV) cybercriminal group.
Exposed Data Types
3 sensitive10- Health insurance policy numbers
- Medical diagnoses
- Prescription records
- Names
- Social security numbers
- Dates of birth
- Billing records
- Physical addresses
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
About This Breach
Official disclosures submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed that approximately 192.7 million individuals were compromised. Exposed records include full names, Social security numbers (SSNs), dates of birth, health plan policy identifiers, clinical diagnoses, pharmacy prescription records, financial billing data, residential addresses, phone numbers, and emails.
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