UnitedHealthcare Attack Disrupts Prescriptions, Creating High Costs for Patients
• Ransomware gang cripples prescription processing for millions of Americans by attacking UnitedHealthcare's Change Health unit
• Attack forced pharmacies to manually calculate costs or charge full price, leaving patients paying hundreds or thousands more
• Outage created cash flow issues for pharmacies unsure if/when they'll get reimbursed by insurers
• Particularly difficult for independent pharmacies with limited prescription history on patients
• Shows resilience of ransomware gangs like ALPHV despite law enforcement disruptions