Millions Affected in Health Data Breach at Health Equity
Health Equity, a company that manages health savings accounts (HSAs) and other financial accounts, has suffered a major data breach.
This means personal information of millions of people (over 4.3 million) might be stolen.
Hackers got into Health Equity's system through a security weakness at one of their partner companies.
This allowed them to steal a lot of personal information, like names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health data.
People affected by the breach could be victims of identity theft, where someone uses their information to steal money or commit fraud.
They could also be targeted by phishing scams or other cybercrimes.
They're working with security experts and law enforcement to figure out what happened and how to stop it from happening again.
This breach is a reminder that everyone needs to be careful about their personal information online