More than 650,000 Granite Staters affected by 2024 Change Healthcare data breach

DEGREES COMING UP. ALL RIGHT JACKIE, THANKS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AT RISK FROM THE 2024 DATA BREACH OF CHANGE. HEALTH CARE AND ITS VENDORS. CHANGE IS A SUBSIDIARY OF UNITEDHEALTH. A RECENT LETTER TO THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IS NOW REVEALING JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED. THAT TOTAL 655,000 PEOPLE WITH MAILING ADDRESSES HERE IN THE STATE. NOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN SHARED AFTER THE DATA BREACH CHANGE. HEALTH CARE ANNOUNCED 1 IN 3 AMERICANS WERE AFFECTED. A LETTER WITH FINAL TOTALS NOW SHOWS THE NUMBER COULD BE UP TO 192 MILLION AMERICANS. THAT’S OVER HALF THE COUNTRY. CHANGE HEALTH CARE SAYS IT’S FINISHED SENDING LETTERS TO EVERYONE IT COULD FIND IN ADDRESS. FOR NOW, TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER LOOK AT THE DATA. NOW THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF IMPACTED ENTITIES THAT DELEGATED NOTIFYING GRANITE STATERS TO CHANGE HEALTH CARE, AND SOME OF THESE ENTITIES HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GRANITE STATERS ATTRIBUTED TO THEM. THOSE INCLUDE BEDFORD COMMONS, OB GYN, CIGNA, HEALTH CARE, CVS HEALTH CORP, DERRY IMAGING CENTER, DERRY MEDICAL CENTER, HUMANA INCORPORATED, SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNAL MEDICINE, AND VERIDIAN. ALL ON YOUR SCREEN THERE. THE IMPACTED COMPANIES COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FOR 188,000 PEOPLE HERE, AND CHANGE HEALTH CARE WAS STILL ABLE TO SEND LETTERS TO PEOPLE WITH ENOUGH ADDRESS INFORMATION AVAILABLE. IN A STATEMENT, A SPOKESPERSON FOR CHANGE SAID AROUND 192.7 MILLION PEOPLE WERE IMPACTED. LIKE WE MENTIONED, SUPPORTS RESOURCE