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 ...
UnitedHealth blamed the breach on a Russian ransomware gang known as ALPHV or BlackCat. The group itself claimed responsibility for the attack, alleging it stole more than six terabytes of data, including "sensitive" medical records, from Change Healthcare, which processes health insurance claims ...
Change Healthcare handles roughly 15 billion transactions a year, representing nearly one in three U.S. patient records, theTimesreported. This latest cyberattack underscores the vulnerability of health care data, particularly the privacy of patients’ personal information. Change Healthcare helps ...
On June 7, 2024, the federal JPML centralized the 49 lawsuits filed against Change Healthcare in federal court in Minnesota where UHG is headquartered. These lawsuits accuse its payment processing unit of failing to protect personal data from the February cyberattack. ...
A devastating health care cyberattack hit Change Healthcare on February 21, 2024. By forcing the $13 billion company offline, the cyber criminals cut one of the few connections between health care providers and payers,triggering a cash crunchat medical groups, health clinics, hospitals, and pharm...
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...
The cyberattack of February 2024 led to a pivotal moment of clarity: our healthcare data system is fragile. There are many players involved in the processing of a single prescription (Rx) or medical (Mx) claim and each of them are potential targets for bad actors. The cyberattack disrupted...
As pressure from the Biden administration on UnitedHealth Group increases, physicians' groups weigh in following the unprecedented hack on Change Healthcare. More than 3 weeks after a cyberattack on the nation’s largest processor of medical claims, the White House is demanding that UnitedHealth ...
Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealth Group, testifies at a Senate Finance Committee hearing examining cyber attacks on health care, and the Change Healthcare cyber attack, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The Change Healthca...
Following a cyberattack on the largest health insurer in the United States last month, health care providers continue to scramble as insurance payments and prescription orders continue to be disrupted and physicians lose ...