CHANGE (UHC) Healthcare Cyberhack Fallout - HEADS UP Medicare Beneficiaries

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  AXIOS. 07/15/2024 - Change Healthcare cyberhack fallout ripples to consumers

Pay attention folks - 

from the link ~

The Change Healthcare cyberattack shook U.S. health care to its core for months and exposed major cyber vulnerabilities. But the likely ripple effects on individuals are only now becoming apparent.

Why it matters: As many as 1 in 3 Americans may have had personal information compromised, some of which is purportedly being trafficked on the dark web — and is expected to enable identity theft, as well as tax, insurance and mortgage fraud.

And experts say the people with the most at stake aren't aware they're at risk.

.. . . . . Between the lines: The lack of details is compounding frustrations with Change's parent, UnitedHealth Group, which was harshly criticized in Congress for not having basic safeguards like multi-factor authentication in place, and is facing huge legal and financial ramifications.

• UnitedHealth recently revealed the compromised data may include medical information like diagnoses, test results, images, prescriptions, care and treatment. The notice was required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA.

  MORE AT THE LINK provided and in the embedded links in the Axios article on this matter.

Stay vigilant - protect yourself and your identity from hackers, scammers  and fraudsters.  This is getting to the point of ridiculous.  Maybe we shouldn’t do business with any entity that doesn’t have extreme security measures in place - 

So what would you consider to be good security measures for a company to use to identify you and your information.  

Technology seems to have made us kind of sitting ducks.