Molina Healthcare Inc.: 10-K Risk Factor Changes

2026 vs 2025  ·  SEC EDGAR  ·  2026-10-16
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Molina strengthened cybersecurity and AI risk disclosures; removed one fraud/abuse factor but added it back modified, signaling heightened compliance scrutiny.

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🟡 Modified Disclosure change7/10

We and our third-party service providers are exposed to cybersecurity risks, which may result in operational impact, increased costs, exposure to significant legal liability, reputational harm, loss of business, and other serious negative consequences.

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Sentence-level differences:

  • Reworded sentence: "As part of our normal operations, we and certain of our third-party service providers routinely collect, process, store (both onsite and in the cloud), and transmit large amounts of data, including sensitive Personal Information as well as proprietary or confidential information relating to our members, employees, business, or other third parties (collectively, “Confidential Information”)."
  • Reworded sentence: "We may also face increased cybersecurity risks due to our reliance on internet technology and our remote working environment, which may create additional opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities."
  • Reworded sentence: "We may be unable to anticipate these techniques, which can circumvent security controls, evade detection and remove forensic evidence, or implement adequate preventive measures, resulting in potential inappropriate access, breach, or data loss and damage to our IT Systems, Confidential Information, or business."
  • Reworded sentence: "In addition, our IT Systems must be routinely updated, patched, and upgraded to protect against identified vulnerabilities."
  • Reworded sentence: "We are at risk that cyber attackers exploit these known vulnerabilities before they have been comprehensively addressed, leading to significant compromises that could impact our and our customers’ IT Systems and data."

Current (2026):

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As part of our normal operations, we routinely collect, process, store (both onsite and in the cloud), and transmit large amounts of data, including sensitive personal information as well as proprietary or confidential information relating to our business or third parties. Our information technology systems and safety control systems that we rely upon are subject to a growing number of threats, such as state-sponsored organizations, opportunistic hackers and hacktivists, as well as through diverse attack vectors, such as social engineering/phishing, malware (including ransomware), malfeasance by insiders, human or technological error, and as a result of malicious code embedded in open-source software, or misconfigurations, bugs or other vulnerabilities in commercial software that is integrated into our (or our suppliers’ or service providers’) IT systems, products or services. Such threats may result in the penetration of our network or that of our vendors or suppliers, and the misappropriation of our confidential information, system disruptions, damage to our information systems, or shutdowns of our information technology environment. They also may be able to develop and deploy viruses, worms, and other malicious software programs that attack our systems or otherwise exploit security vulnerabilities. We may also face increased cybersecurity risks due to our reliance on internet technology and our remote working environment, which may create additional opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities. These same risks are also faced by our significant vendors who are also in possession of sensitive confidential information. Because the techniques used to circumvent, gain access to, or sabotage security systems can be highly sophisticated, may use advanced technologies (such as artificial intelligence) and change frequently, they often are not recognized until launched against a target, and may originate from less regulated and remote areas around the world. We may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventive measures, resulting in potential inappropriate access, breach, or data loss and damage to our systems. Our systems are also subject to compromise from internal threats such as improper action by employees, including malicious insiders, or by vendors, counterparties, and other third parties with otherwise legitimate access to our systems. Our policies, employee training (including phishing prevention training),

procedures, and technical safeguards may not prevent all improper access to our network or proprietary or confidential information by employees, vendors, counterparties, or other third parties. Our facilities and IT systems, or those of our service providers, may also be vulnerable to security incidents or security attacks, acts of vandalism or theft, misplaced or lost data, human errors, or other similar events that could negatively affect our systems and our and our members’ data. For example, in July 2024, a software update by CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (“CrowdStrike”), a cybersecurity technology company, cause widespread crashes of Windows systems into which it was integrated. Although we did not experience any material impacts as a result of the CrowdStrike software update, we could in the future experience similar third-party software-induced interruptions to our operations.

Moreover, we face the ongoing challenge of managing access controls in a complex environment. The process of enhancing our protective measures can itself create a risk of systems disruptions and security issues. Given the breadth of our operations and the increasing sophistication of cyberattacks, a particular incident could occur and persist for an extended period of time before being detected. The extent of a particular cyberattack and the steps that we may need to take to investigate the attack may take a significant amount of time before such an investigation could be completed and full and reliable information about the incident is known. During such time, the extent of any harm or how best to remediate it might not be known, which could further increase the risks, costs, and consequences of a data security incident. In addition, our systems must be routinely updated, patched, and upgraded to protect against known vulnerabilities. The volume of new software vulnerabilities has increased substantially, as has the importance of patches and other remedial measures. In addition to remediating newly identified vulnerabilities, previously identified vulnerabilities must also be updated. We are at risk that cyber attackers exploit these known vulnerabilities before they have been addressed. The complexity of our systems and platforms, the increased frequency at which vendors are issuing security patches to their products, our need to test patches and, in some instances, coordinate with third parties before they can be deployed, all could further increase our risks.

Where doing so is necessary in order to conduct our business, we also provide sensitive personal member information, as well as proprietary or confidential information relating to our business, to our third-party service providers. Those third-party service providers may also be subject to data intrusions or data breaches. For example, in February 2024, Change Healthcare (“CHC”), a major claims processing vendor to Molina, experienced a significant cybersecurity incident and has since notified Molina that certain members’ data has been breached. Though the CHC incident was not material to us, any compromise of the confidential data of our members, employees, or business, or the failure to prevent or mitigate the loss of or damage to this data through breach, could result in operational, reputational, competitive, or other business harm, as well as financial costs and regulatory action. The Company maintains cybersecurity insurance in the event of an information security or cyber incident. However, the coverage may not be sufficient to cover all financial losses.

In the future, we may be subject to litigation and governmental investigations related to cyber-attacks and security breaches. Any such future litigation or governmental investigation could divert the attention of management from the operation of our business, result in reputational damage, and have a material adverse impact on our business, cash flows, financial condition, and results of operations. Moreover, our programs to detect, contain, and respond to data security incidents as well as contingency plans and insurance coverage for potential liabilities of this nature may not be sufficient to cover all claims and liabilities.

Noncompliance with any privacy, security or data protection laws and regulations, or any security breach, cyber-attack, or cyber-security breach, and any incident involving the misappropriation, theft, loss, or other unauthorized disclosure or use of, or access to, sensitive or confidential information, whether by us or by one of our third-party service providers, could require us to expend significant resources to continue to modify or enhance our protective measures and to remediate any damage. In addition, this could negatively affect our operations, cause system disruptions, damage our reputation, cause membership losses and contract breaches, and could also result in regulatory enforcement actions, material fines and penalties, litigation, or other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, cash flows, financial condition, or results of operations.

🟡 Modified We may not be successful in our AI administrative and operational initiatives, which could adversely affect our business or reputation. 🔒
🟡 Modified We are subject to extensive fraud and abuse laws that may give rise to lawsuits and claims against us, the outcome of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations. 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing We are subject to extensive fraud and abuse laws that may give rise to lawsuits and claims against us, the outcome of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations. 🔒

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