Exposed: How a Ransomware Strike on Change Healthcare Jeopardized U.S. Health Data Security

Beware, the Change Healthcare citadel fell to a classic blunder: password plunder sans multi-factor thunder. Hackers scored a health data haul, and now UnitedHealth’s CEO spills the beans on the cyber snafu. #ChangeHackersHealthDataHeist

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Well, it turns out that the healthcare industry needs more than just an apple a day to keep the hackers away. Who knew that in the age of cyber-ninjas, the fortress of U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare could be breached with something as simple as stolen credentials and a lack of multi-factor authentication? In a world where my toaster has a stronger password than a health portal, UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty’s testimony is the cybersecurity equivalent of admitting you left your front door wide open. Oopsie!

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