UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving UnitedHealthcare on August 25, 2023. The breach, which was a ransomware attack discovered on April 17, 2023, affected approximately 1,025 Washington residents and involved compromised information including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, health insurance information, and medical information.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=15557

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/unitedhealthcare

"id": "uni648080525",
"linkid": "unitedhealthcare",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "3/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1025,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'UnitedHealthcare',
                        'type': 'Health Insurance Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1025,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'health insurance information',
                                              'medical information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-04-17',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-08-25',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving UnitedHealthcare on August 25, 2023. '
                'The breach, which was a ransomware attack discovered on April '
                '17, 2023, affected approximately 1,025 Washington residents '
                'and involved compromised information including names, Social '
                'Security numbers, dates of birth, health insurance '
                'information, and medical information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'health insurance information',
                                 'medical information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-08-25',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'UnitedHealthcare Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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