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Change Healthcare is starting to notify hospitals, insurers and other customers that they may have had patient information exposed in a massive cyberattack.
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The most vulnerable hospitals are unprepared to deal with the impact of digital extortion as ransomware attacks target health care facilities.
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Electronic health records and systems used to order tests, procedures and medications remain unavailable at some affected hospitals.
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UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty said in a U.S. Senate hearing that his company is still trying to understand why the server did not have the additional protection.
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UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty tells Senate committee that Change Healthcare didn’t have MFA enabled on the server that was attacked in February, resulting in a $22 million ransom payment.
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The revelations from the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary come as the company acknowledges paying a ransom in the case.
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The revelations from the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary come as the company acknowledges paying a ransom in the case.
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House lawmakers argue that growing consolidation in the health care sector has created vulnerabilities to cyberattacks.
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Christopher Snowbeck of the Star Tribune in Minnesota is doing some great reporting on the Change Healthcare UnitedHealth Group cyberattack. Yesterday, he did a write-up on a Minneapolis therapy clinic suing Change Healthcare. He reports, in part: Twin… Continue reading Lawsuits mount and cyberattack could cost UnitedHealth Group up to $1.6B this year
UPDATE: Sometime earlier today, after my communication with RansomHub, they removed the April 15 update described in the post from their listing. It has now been replaced with a note: Change HealthCare – OPTUM Group – United HealthCare Gro… Continue reading Data allegedly from Change Healthcare ransomware attack raises more questions than answers (1)