Posted 2/23/2024, 4:56:00 AM
Major Healthcare Tech Hack Disrupts Pharmacy Prescription Services Nationwide
- Change Healthcare, a major US healthcare tech company, suffered a cyberattack that is disrupting pharmacies' ability to process prescriptions and payments
- Pharmacies across the country have posted notices about delays and disruptions to filling prescriptions due to the attack
- The nature and origin of the cyberattack are not publicly known at this time
- Major pharmacy chains like CVS say their own systems have not been compromised, but they rely on Change Healthcare's tech
- Change Healthcare has not given a definitive timeline for when service will be restored, but outages could last until Friday