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Largest US health insurer says a third of Americans exposed in massive data hack

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UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty told a congressional committee Wednesday that hackers breached a subsidiary of his company, the country's largest health insurer, by stealing a password and gaining access through a system that lacked multifactor authentication.

<p>WASHINGTON — UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty told a congressional committee Wednesday that hackers breached a subsidiary of his company, the country's largest health insurer, by stealing a password 

&quot&#x3B;</p><p>When pressed by lawmakers on the issue of exactly how many patients were impacted by the data breach, Witty said, &quot&#x3B;I think, maybe a third (of Americans)&#x

 

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