Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, the UnitedHealth Group data breach tops a new level of serious with an increased number of affected users.

UnitedHealth says that the 2024 breach of Change Healthcare impacted the data of 190 million people, up from the prior estimate of 100 million people.

In 2024, the UnitedHealthcare data breach shocked almost everyone in the US, primarily impacting the health conglomerate’s Change Healthcare (CHC) division.

UnitedHealth now says the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare subsidiary may have affected the data of about 190 million people. The estimate has increased from about 100 million people in October.

The impact of the Change Healthcare ransomware-caused data breach has increased from 100 million to 190 million individuals.

The number of individuals confirmed to be affected by the data breach is almost double the company's previous estimate.

One of the biggest data breaches of 2024 is even worse than previously reported, as the tally of Change Healthcare breach victims has now reached 190 million

The largest healthcare data breach on record just got even bigger, after UnitedHealth Group (UHG) confirmed that 90 million additional customers were impacted by a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare last year.

United Healthcare data breach affected around 190 million people The number initially hovered at around 100 million The majority of the victims have been notified already The number of people affected by the 2024 Change Healthcare cyberattack is almost double the previous estimates,