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Nearly one-third of Americans may have been affected by the ransomware attack, which has been attributed to the BlackCat gang. Continue reading Change Healthcare Cyberattack Exposed Data of Over 100 Million People
The legislation from Sens. Wyden and Warner comes in the aftermath of the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare.
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The Healthcare Cybersecurity Act calls on CISA and HHS to collaborate on defending health facilities from cyber incidents.
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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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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)
The new legislation from Sen. Mark Warner comes as health care groups say they would oppose such proposals.
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A ransomware attack on a payment processor has crippled the U.S. health care system, creating new momentum for cybersecurity regulations.
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The group known as ALPHV said it was behind an attack that has disrupted a service used by healthcare providers to process payments.
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