Arrr, matey! A scurvy ransomware blasted Change Healthcare, spillin’ secrets of over 100 million souls! Avast, privacy be walkin’ the plank!
2024-10-28
Arrr! UnitedHealth be spillin’ the beans, sayin' over 100 million scallywags lost their treasures o’ data! Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson be spillin’ the grog on how this jolly mishap set sail. Avast, guard yer secrets, or ye may find ‘em walked off by the Davy Jones of hackers!
Ahoy mateys! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn of treachery and lost booty! Just a few moons ago, a fearsome fleet of data breaches struck the high seas of cyberspace, pillaging the secrets of over 100 million souls! The notorious Change Healthcare, owned by the scurvy UnitedHealth Group, found themselves in the clutches of a ransomware band of rogues known as ALPHV/BlackCat. Aye, in February, they lost a treasure trove of personal and health data, makin’ it one of the largest plunders in the realm of digital piracy!With sails down and systems offline, the chaos spread like wildfire across the U.S. health care sector! UHG’s captain, Andrew Witty, warned that perhaps a third of all American health data was up for grabs. But lo and behold, they weren't clever enough to guard their treasure with the likes of multifactor authentication! Aye, it be a wonder they didn't lock it all in a chest buried deep under the sea!
In the end, the dastardly hackers pocketed a ransom of $22 million, leaving UHG in a tangled mess! So heed this warning, ye landlubbers: guard yer personal information fiercely, or ye might find yerself walking the plank of identity theft! Arrr!