More than two months after the start of a ransomware debacle whose impact ranks among the worst in the history of cybersecurity, the medical firm Change Healthcare finally confirmed what cybercriminals, security researchers, and Bitcoin's blockchain had already made all too clear: that it did indeed pay a ransom to the hackers who targeted the company in February. And yet, it still faces the risk of losing vast amounts of customers' sensitive medical data. In a statement sent to WIRED and other...
The revelations from the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary come as the company acknowledges paying a ransom in the case.
UnitedHealth Group on Monday said it paid ransom to cyberthreat actors to try and protect patient data.
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty tells Senate committee that Change Healthcare didn’t have MFA enabled on the server that was attacked in February, resulting in a $22 million ransom payment.
Hackers were reportedly in the networks of UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare unit for days before launching their ransomware strike. They gained entry to the networks on Feb. 12, using compromised credentials on an application that allows staff to remotely access systems, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (April 22). During the nine days they were […]
Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million patients their data may have
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WASHINGTON – Oregon Senator Ron Wyden shared his response Wednesday to the Change Healthcare cyber hack, that disrupted the American Healthcare System six weeks ago. The United States Senate Committee on Finance met to discuss the implications of the cyberattack, as well as what is expected moving forward. Senator Wyden said Change Healthcare and its […]
The Russia-based cybercriminals who attacked a UnitedHealth Group-owned company in February did not walk away from the endeavor empty-handed. "A ransom was paid as part of the company's commitment to do all it could to protect patient data from disclosure," a UnitedHealth Group spokesperson confirmed with CBS News late Monday. The spokesperson did not disclose how much the health giant paid after the cyberattack, which shut down operations at hospitals and pharmacies for more than a week....
UnitedHealth confirmed that it paid ransom to cyberhackers who stole sensitive patient information during a massive data breach in February.