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...
What you can do, however, is be proactive about your personal security. First, look out for communications from UnitedHealth Group, as the company has been reaching out to all affected users since July. They will inform you whether your data was leaked, and will likely have advice of their...
An ongoing cybersecurity breach that hit the health technology company Change Healthcare this week has led to prescription delays for at least a few small pharmacies in the U.S., with some interruptions reported by bigger institutions like Walgreens, according to the pharmacies. Change Healthc...
Hackers breached the computer system of a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary and released ransomware after stealing someone's password, CEO Andrew Witty testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The cybercriminals entered through a portal that didn't have multifactor authentification (MFA) enabled. During an hou...
Both AT&T incidents pale in comparison with a massive data breach earlier this year at UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s biggest health insurance and health provider conglomerate. According tocongressional testimony by UnitedHealth Chief Executive Andrew Wittyand ...
The UnitedHealth Group said it is making progress in its recovery from one of the worst cyberattacks on a health care system in United States history.
In its claim of responsibility, the group known as “Blackcat” or “ALPHV” posted a statement to its site saying it had stolen 8 terabytes of data from UnitedHealth, according to screenshots of the posting shared online by cybersecurity researchers. ...
Thesecurity breachwas first detected on Feb. 21 at Change Healthcare, part of Optum Inc., which is in turn owned by UnitedHealth Group. In areportfiled that day with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, UnitedHealth Group told government officials that it had been forced to sever ...
Department of Health and Human Services'' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a "Dear Colleague" letter addressing the cybersecurity incident impacting Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG), and many other health care entities. The cyberattack is disrupting health care and ...
Change Healthcare on Thursday confirmed that ransomware group Blackcat is behind the ongoing cybersecurity attack that's caused widespread disruptions to pharmacies and health systems across the U.S. "Our experts are working to address the matter and we are working closely with law enforcement and ...