The 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare exposed the data of about 190 million people, according to an update from parent company UnitedHealth Group.
UnitedHealth Group paid ransom to hackers, person familiar with the cyber investigation says
he ransomware attack on a company owned by healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group (UHG) has so far caused $872 million in losses, according to the corporation’s latest earnings report.
UnitedHealth owns Change Healthcare, a key cog in the U.S. healthcare industry that was crippled by a ransomware attack in February. Change Healthcare and UHG subsidiary Optum took hundreds of systems offline as a result of the incident and faced criticism from the White House and Congress over its handling of the ransomware attack.
