UnitedHealth said it paid ransom to protect patient data, following the cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. But personal data was compromised anyway.

The company belatedly conceded both that it had paid the cybercriminals extorting it and that patient data nonetheless ended up on the dark web.

UnitedHealth Group said on Monday that its initial review of the data potentially accessed by hackers had found files containing protected health or personal information that could cover a "substantial proportion" of Americans.

Gay dating app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent,

Grindr Inc. was sued by users for sharing sensitive personal information, including their HIV status, with advertising companies in a London lawsuit.

High court action will claim US owner allowed access to app users’ private information in breach of UK law