Breaches and incidents

United Language Group (Minneapolis translation vendor): July 2025 breach exposes UnitedHealthcare member data

HIPAA Journal reports the translation and interpretation provider told HHS OCR that 4,649 people were affected.

Disclosed
Verification
Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company

What happened

  • HIPAA Journal reports the translation and interpretation provider told HHS OCR that 4,649 people were affected; data came from clients UnitedHealthcare and UnitedHealthcare Global, and suspicious network activity was found on 9 Jul 2025 (access on 8 and 9 Jul 2025). Data included health insurance and health information, SSNs, financial and government ID data.
  • Root cause: not disclosed.
  • No attacker named.
  • Monitoring tools added; 24 months of credit monitoring offered.