Hackers Demand Ransom After Stealing Patient Data, Causing Payment Disruptions for Hospitals Nationwide

• Hacking group appeared to receive $22M ransom, but Wired report indicates stolen patient data was never deleted

• Second hacking group now threatening to release sensitive patient data or sell to highest bidder unless they also receive ransom

• Some patient information has been shared with Wired reporter to prove extortion threat is real

• Physicians nationwide reporting issues with unpaid claims, inability to make payroll due to Change Healthcare disruptions

• Major MN hospital systems impacted; some rural hospitals "dead in the water" unable to send bills or get payments