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UnitedHealth Ransomware Attack Exposed 100 Million People

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Summary
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66% Informative

Data on over 100 million people was exposed because of the February attack on UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare .

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights is investigating the incident.

The insurance provider has been notifying those whose data was exposed since July .

The attack forced the insurance provider to take its computer systems offline for about a month , halting pharmacy services, billing, and other medical services.

VR Score

49

Informative language

38

Neutral language

44

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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