UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data from 'a substantial proportion of people in America'

Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Band has confirmed that A Ransomware attack on It is health technology subsidiary company Change Health care earlier This year successful In A huge flight of Americans' private health care data.

UnitedHealth said In A statement on Monday that A Ransomware gang took files containing staff data And protected health information that he said can "blanket A substantial proportion of people In America. »

THE health insurance giant did not say how a lot Americans are affected but said THE data goodbye was "likely has take several month" Before THE business would be to start notify people that their information was stolen In THE cyberattack.

Change Health care process insurance And billing For hundreds of thousands of hospitals, pharmacies And medical practices through THE WE. health care sector; he has to access has massive the amounts of health information on about half of all Americans.

UnitedHealth said he had not Again seen evidence that doctors' graphics Or complete medical stories were exfiltrated Since It is systems.

THE admission that the Pirates stole Americans' health data come A week After A new piracy band began editing servings of THE stolen data In A effort has extort A second ransom request Since THE company.

THE gang, which calls himself RansomHub, published several files on It is dark the Web flee site containing staff information about the patients through A painting of documents, a few of which included internal files related has Change Health care. RansomHub said he would be sell THE stolen data unless Change Health care paid A ransom.

In A statement provided has TechCrunch, UnitedHealth spokesperson Tyler Mason confirmed THE business paid THE cybercriminals. "A ransom was paid as part of THE the company commitment has TO DO all he could has protect patient data Since disclosure." THE business would be not confirm THE Rising he paid.

RansomHub East THE second gang has request A ransom Since Change Health care. THE health technology giant would have paid $22 million has A Based in Russia criminal gang called ALPHV In March, which SO disappeared, stiffening THE affiliate that door out THE data flight out of their portion of THE ransom.

RansomHub claims In It is job next to THE published stolen data that "We to have THE data And not ALPHV."

In It is statement Monday, UnitedHealth recognized THE publication of a few of THE files but stopped short of affirming ownership of THE documents. "This East not A official infringe notification," UnitedHealth said.

THE Wall Street Newspaper reported Monday that THE criminal piracy affiliate of ALPHV broken In Change Health care network using stolen credentials For A system that allow remote to access has It is network. THE the Pirates were In Change Health care network For more that A week Before deployment ransomware, allowing THE the Pirates has fly significant the amounts of data Since THE the company systems.

THE cyber attack has Change Health care began on FEBRUARY 21 And successful In in progress widespread breakdowns has pharmacies And hospitals through THE United States. For weeks, the doctors, pharmacies And hospitals could not check patient benefits For distribution medication, organize hospitalized patient care, Or treatment Before permissions necessary For surgeries.

A lot of THE WE. health care system ground has A stop, with health care suppliers focused towards financial pressure as arrears to grow And breakdowns linger.

UnitedHealth reported last week that THE Ransomware attack has cost he more that $870 million In losses. THE business reported he do $99.8 billion In income during THE First of all three month of THE year, behave better that What Wall Street analysts had expected.

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Spiritual, WHO received close has $21 million In total compensation THE complete year of 2022, East together has bear witness has Home the legislators on Can 1.

Update with comment Since UnitedHealth.