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UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hack affects over 100 million, the largest-ever US healthcare data breach (techcrunch.com)
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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.

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years 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.

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