Posted 3/20/2024, 3:54:03 AM
Major Cyberattack on UnitedHealth Subsidiary Impacts Billions of Health Records
- Significant cyberattack against UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Change Healthcare, one of largest attacks on US health system
- BlackCat hacking group breached system, impacting 15B health transactions and 1 in 3 patient records
- Disrupted medical claims, payments, pharmacy services; some services restored but still ongoing issues
- CEO says made significant progress restoring services, paid $2B assisting impacted providers
- Federal investigation into breach focused on protected health information and HIPAA compliance
