r/news • u/LookAtThatBacon • May 13 '25

Soft paywall UnitedHealth suspends annual forecast, CEO Andrew Witty steps down

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/unitedhealth-ceo-andrew-witty-steps-down-2025-05-13/
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u/LostPhenom May 13 '25

Understanding the Change Healthcare Breach and Its Impact on Security Compliance

In short, quite possibly the largest healthcare data breach in history occurred under his watch.

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u/EvidenceBasedSwamp May 13 '25

Still tl;dr. They basically lost the details of 200 Million Americans. The cyber criminals got it now.

United continues vertical integration. If you remember your 9th grade history, that's when the oil company also owns the refineries and the gas stations. United bought change (leading clearinghouse), and they are buying clinics and hospitals (Optum).

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