The 2024 Change Healthcare breach affected around 190 million people, the largest healthcare breach in history, and disrupted US healthcare payments for weeks.
Key facts
- Disclosed in 2024 and affected approximately 190 million people.
- Linked to the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation.
- Disrupted claims and payments across the US healthcare system.
- The largest healthcare data breach on record.
The lesson
Change Healthcare shows how one provider’s compromise can paralyse an entire sector. Early exposure detection and resilience planning are vital in healthcare.
How DarkThreatX helps
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