UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hack affects over 100 million, the largest-ever US healthcare data breach | TechCrunch
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UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurance provider, blamed a Russia-based ransomware gang for the huge data breach of U.S. medical data.

UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurance provider, blamed a Russia-based ransomware gang for the huge data breach of U.S. medical data.

  • Altima NEOEnglish
    5•2 months ago

    And of course it some dumb shit like someone with privileged access who doesn’t have two factor enabled.

    • @SourceHumanEnglish
      3•2 months ago

      Source (from the posted article):

      During a House hearing into the cyberattack in April, UnitedHealth’s CEO Witty confirmed that the cybercriminals broke into one of its employee systems using stolen credentials that were not protected with multi-factor authentication (MFA), a security feature that can help to protect against the misuse of password theft.