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100 million affected in worst U.S. health care data breach of all time

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has updated the number of people affected in its data breach portal to reveal just how bad it really is: a terrifying 100 million people.

The worst health care data breach occurred in 2015 , when 78.8 million people were affected.

The attack was claimed to have been committed by the BlackCat ransomware gang, which was confirmed by Change Healthcare .