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UnitedHealth Data Leak May Affect ‘Substantial’ Swath of US
- Company says ransom was paid to protect patient data
- The attack could reduce earnings by as much as $1.6 billion
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. found files containing private information on a vast number of Americans whose data may have been compromised in a February cyberattack that upended the US health system.
A sample of the breached files found they contain personal information, including health data, that “could cover a substantial proportion of people in America,” according to a statement on the company’s website Monday.