Iowa hits Change Healthcare with suit over data breach, seeking heavy fines
By Mike Swift ( April 3, 2026, 23:50 GMT | Insight) -- As Change Healthcare and parent UnitedHealth Group defend private litigation in Minnesota over a record 2024 data breach, the healthcare payments platform must now defend a second state lawsuit over the breach, with Iowa's attorney general seeking maximum consumer protection fines over “a preventable debacle.”Iowa has become the second state to sue Change Healthcare over a record 2024 data breach that exposed the sensitive data of 193 million Americans, with the state seeking big fines on allegations the health payments platform misled the public about its inadequate cybersecurity....
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