Federal authorities say Unitedhealth can notify victims of massive data breach, WSJ reports

(Reuters) – The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on May 31 agreed to allow UnitedHealth Group to notify people whose data was exposed during a hack on its Change Healthcare unit in February, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

UnitedHealth and HHS did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

(Reporting by Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)