United HealthCare Data Breach: Implications of Stolen Claims Data

Data breaches are an everyday occurrence, and plenty of healthcare data has been breached in the past. The difference now is that care has become political. Abortion is healthcare in Massachusetts and murder in Texas. Bounty hunting is encouraged and financially rewarded.

So I’m especially concerned when I hear that member portals have been breached.

In this episode of the HealthBiz podcast I explain what seems to have happened in the United HealthCare data breach, what members can do to protect themselves, and what we should expect of companies and other organizations that collect sensitive data about us.

Chapters

0:10 Introduction

1:46 What is credential stuffing?

2:59 Why did United report the breach?

5:06 Should members be concerned?

6:23 Why would a hacker do this?

8:45 The dangers in insurance applications

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