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UnitedHealth almost doubles victim numbers from massive Change Healthcare data breach

Malwarebytes

UnitedHealth says it now estimates that the data breach 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. Change your password.

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100 million US citizens officially impacted by Change Healthcare data breach

Malwarebytes

In April, we reported that a “substantial proportion” of Americans may have had their health and personal data stolen in the Change Healthcare breach. That was based on a report provided by the UnitedHealth Group after the February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. Change your password. He wasn’t exaggerating.

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Healthcare security lapses keep piling up

Malwarebytes

Healthcare is one of the sectors that has the most sensitive information about us. Because of its access and storage of our personal health information (PHI) and other personally identifiable information (PII), the healthcare sector should be one of the most secure ones, but due to lack of funding and other resources, it is not.

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Weekly Update 222

Troy Hunt

(that's a tweet thread with pics from each day as I travel around the country) NordVPN has released their Cybersecurity A-Z guide (this is a great resource for everyone, techie or not) Someone sent me through tens of thousands of customer records from a healthcare website (that's a link to a previous incident, point is it just keeps happening over (..)

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Password manager hijacked to deliver malware in supply chain attack

Malwarebytes

In the latest example of a supply chain attack, cybercriminals delivered malware to customers of the business password manager Passwordstate by breaching its developer’s networks and then deploying a fraudulent update last week, said Passwordstate’s maker, Click Studios.

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“Substantial proportion” of Americans may have had health and personal data stolen in Change Healthcare breach

Malwarebytes

UnitedHealth Group has given an update on the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare , one of its subsidiaries. On Wednesday February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced serious system outages due to the cyberattack. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, US Marshalls are latest ransomware targets

Malwarebytes

The Qilin ransomware group listed CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, a nonprofit health care treatment organization, as one of their latest victims. Qilin seems to have a preference for healthcare and support organizations. As ThreatDown reported earlier in 2024, 70% of all known attacks on healthcare happen in the US.