Latest Change Healthcare news

UnitedHealth confirms it paid ransomware gang to stop data leak

The UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that it paid a ransom to cybercriminals to protect sensitive data stolen during the Optum ransomware attack in late February.
- Bill Toulas
- April 23, 2024
- 10:28 AM
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The Week in Ransomware - April 19th 2024 - Attacks Ramp Up

While ransomware attacks decreased after the LockBit and BlackCat disruptions, they have once again started to ramp up with other operations filling the void.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 19, 2024
- 07:36 PM
- 0
UnitedHealth: Change Healthcare cyberattack caused $872 million loss

UnitedHealth Group reported an $872 million impact on its Q1 earnings due to the ransomware attack disrupting the U.S. healthcare system since February.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 16, 2024
- 10:24 AM
- 0
Ransomware gang starts leaking alleged stolen Change Healthcare data

The RansomHub extortion gang has begun leaking what they claim is corporate and patient data stolen from United Health subsidiary Change Healthcare in what has been a long and convoluted extortion process for the company.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 15, 2024
- 05:54 PM
- 0
US govt probes if ransomware gang stole Change Healthcare data

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating whether protected health information was stolen in a ransomware attack that hit UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG) subsidiary Optum, which operates the Change Healthcare platform, in late February.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 13, 2024
- 04:16 PM
- 0
The Week in Ransomware - March 8th 2024 - Waiting for the BlackCat rebrand

We saw another ransomware operation shut down this week after first getting breached by law enforcement and then targeting critical infrastructure, putting them further in the spotlight of the US government.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 08, 2024
- 05:25 PM
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UnitedHealth brings some Change Healthcare pharmacy services back online

Optum's Change Healthcare has started to bring systems back online after suffering a crippling BlackCat ransomware attack last month that led to widespread disruption to the US healthcare system.
- Bill Toulas
- March 08, 2024
- 12:54 PM
- 0

UnitedHealth confirms it paid ransomware gang to stop data leak

The Week in Ransomware - April 19th 2024 - Attacks Ramp Up

UnitedHealth: Change Healthcare cyberattack caused $872 million loss

Ransomware gang starts leaking alleged stolen Change Healthcare data

US govt probes if ransomware gang stole Change Healthcare data

The Week in Ransomware - March 8th 2024 - Waiting for the BlackCat rebrand

UnitedHealth brings some Change Healthcare pharmacy services back online