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 ...
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 has a strong second quarter, but cyberattack keeps it cautious on outlook for the yearBy WRAL.com | July 16, 2024Topics business strategy costs data breach earnings payers profit UnitedHealth Group continues to eat costs from a massive cyberattack to its Change Healthcare business....
The company has paid more than $2 billion to assist health-care providers who’s finances have been impacted by the attack, Witty said. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights said it is investigating the breach. ...
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....
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...
A thorough forensic analysis with Alphabet’s cybersecurity unit Mandiant and Palo Alto Networks is underway, UnitedHealth said, without providing additional details about the source of the data breach. Earlier in the day, the U.S. Department Of Health and Human Services opened an investigation in...
The scale of the hack makes it the worst healthcare data breach in the country. BY REUTERS OCT 25, 2024The February hack at UnitedHealth’s tech unit Change affected the personal information of 100 million people, the U.S. health department’s website showed, making it the largest health...
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. ...
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 ...