Today, let's talk about the data breach incident involving Change Healthcare in the United States! In February 2024, the ALPHV ransomware group infiltrated Change Healthcare because they didn’t use the multi-factor authentication on their systems.
This breach affected approximately 190 million American citizens and became the largest medical data leak in U.S. history. The stolen data included the patient medical records, insurance claim information, and personal private information. UnitedHealth Group paid a ransom of $22 million but still couldn't prevent the data from spreading on the dark web. This incident serves as a wake-up call for cybersecurity!
From this event we can learn that we should enhance our awareness of privacy protection in our daily lives, especially protecting important documents such as medical records and insurance information, keep vigilant from platforms and institutions which requesting sensitive information and we shouldn’t fill out our personal information on the untrustworthy websites and apps. What’s more, remember to enable multi-factor authentication for your accounts to safeguard your personal privacy.
Original source：https://www.wsj.com/articles/change-healthcare-hackers-broke-in-nine-days-before-ransomware-attack-7119fdc6
