The $872 million includes "the Change Healthcare business disruption impacts and exclude the cyberattack direct response costs," which likely excludes any amount UnitedHealth may have paid to hackers in ransom. UnitedHealth confirmed on the day of the breach that the cybercriminals behind ...
Feb. 21, 2024: Change Healthcare suffers a cyberattack by the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group, leading to the company taking its systems offline. Feb. 26, 2024:American Hospital Association (AHA) writes apublic letterto the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warning of wid...
The Change Healthcare incident was "straight out an attack on the U.S. health system and designed to create maximum damage," Witty told analysts during an earnings call last week. Ultimately, the cyberattack is expected to cost UnitedHealth between $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion this year, ...
“Our experts are working to address the matter and we are working closely with law enforcement and leading third-party consultants, Mandiant and Palo Alto Network, on this attack against Change Healthcare's systems,” said a statement posted Feb. 29 on Change Healthcare’s website. “We ar...
UPDATE 2/29/2024- BlackCat/ALPHV has claimed responsibility for the attack and denied using the ConnectWise vulnerabilities for initial access. Healthcare organizations everywhere are feeling theimpact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, which began on February 21st. At the time of publ...
Change Healthcare is providing support for people concerned about their personal data due to the criminal cyberattack on Change Healthcare systems. Review the substitute noticehere. What happened? On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare became aware of deployment of ransomware in its computer system...
UPDATE: View theChange Healthcare HIPAA Substitute Notice. We continue to make progress in mitigating the impact to consumers and care providers of the unprecedented cyberattack on the U.S. health system and the Change Healthcare services, while continuing to expand financial assistance to affected...
UnitedHealth Group said Wednesday evening that its unit Change Healthcare’s pharmacy network was back online, weeks after a cyberattack had a knock-on effect across the country’s healthcare system that depends heavily on insurance. Change Healthcare processes about 50% of medical claims in the...
At long last, covered entities with protected health information affected by the February 2024 cyberattack on Change Healthcare now have some clarity regarding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) breach notice obligations.
The Change Healthcare cyberattack that disrupted health care systems nationwide earlier this year started when hackers entered a server that lacked a basic form of security: multifactor authentication.