The breach has already cost UnitedHealth Group nearly $900 million, company officials said in reporting first-quarter earnings last week, not including ransom paid. Ransomware attacks, which involve disabling a target's computer systems, have become increasingly common within the health care industry....
Data leaks and breaches are an unfortunate reality of modern life,as they seem to be occurring with relative frequency. The latest high-profile incident impacts customers of UnitedHealth Group, whose subsidiary, Change Healthcare, reportedly suffered a ransomware attack, resulting in the breach of ...
"Every industry has challenges because there is always going to be somebody who is upset with a service or product or philosophy. But COVID changed everything. We never saw the level of threats we saw during COVID toward healthcare workers and leaders, because of some of the mistrust and ...
UnitedHealth, whose Change Healthcare unit was at the center of the breach, said it was aware of the statement and was “looking into it.” Blackcat said it stole data from partners including Medicare, the U.S. military medical health agency Tricare, CVS Health and other companies. The cla...
COURT DISMISSES BREACH OF ERISA FIDUCIARY DUTY AND RICO CLAIMS AGAINST UNITED HEALTHCARE.Reports that the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska has dismissed Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) claims on a United HealthCare Insurance Co. health plan. Complaint of ...
The security breach was first detected last Wednesday at Change Healthcare, a division of UnitedHealth Group, and two senior federal law enforcement officials told theNew York Timesthat the hackers appear to be from another country. In a filingwith the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio...
On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare became aware of deployment of ransomware in its computer system. Once discovered, Change Healthcare quickly took steps to stop the activity, disconnected and turned off systems to prevent further impact, began an investigation and contacted law enforcement. Ch...
Therefore, our study likely underestimated the true number of health care data breaches occurring each year. Some entities or patients may have been involved in more than 1 breach. We were unable to assess the costs or the effect on operations caused by these breaches and the accompanying ...
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UnitedHealth said in its filing with the SEC that it suspected a nation-state-associated actor was behind the attack, but Callow said Blackcat is a for-profit cybercrime operation. He called the discrepancy "peculiar," but said there might be more to the breach that he doesn't know about....