UnitedHealth Group has been significantly impacted by a ransomware attack on its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, which has disrupted parts of the U.S. healthcare system. The attack, which occurred in February, has resulted in substantial financial losses for UnitedHealth, with costs expected to exceed $1 billion and a financial impact of $872 million in Q1, representing 0.87% of its Q1 revenue. The breach compromised sensitive health information and led to widespread operational disruptions, including delayed payments to healthcare providers. In response to the crisis, UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty is scheduled to testify before a U.S. House subcommittee, although UnitedHealth did not send a representative to the initial federal hearing. The company has faced criticism for its handling of the attack, including its decision to pay a ransom to the attackers.
UnitedHealth Says Patient Data Exposed in Change Healthcare Cyberattack #cybersecurity https://t.co/e5iCasf9Z4
UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’ The health tech giant handles health data for about half of all Americans ealth insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that a ransomware attack on its health tech… https://t.co/RaWhDDxn9h
UnitedHealth admits breach could 'cover substantial proportion of people in America' https://t.co/2VTSa3Sinb
Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has shared more details of a recent cyberattack on its subsidiary company Change Healthcare – and the impact may be severe. https://t.co/hBwt1FuM7j
UnitedHealth says hackers stole data on ‘substantial proportion’ of US https://t.co/hBwt1FuM7j
"Change #Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient #Data Leak": https://t.co/iokiXPMsk3 #ethics #internet #cybersec #privacy
UnitedHealth says hackers possibly stole large number of Americans’ data https://t.co/vKtAp2ZVYi
Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak https://t.co/wdJysezLwn
UnitedHealth said that hackers stole health and personal data of potentially a ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans from its systems in February, as the largest US health insurer scrambles to contain the damage https://t.co/rj5ExlHkdL
UnitedHealth says hackers possibly stole large number of Americans' data https://t.co/4EqvPGZ12H https://t.co/5rVCImxFeg
UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’ #ransomware https://t.co/i9W1xt7hda
UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’: https://t.co/MUePbdMY3D by TechCrunch #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Hackers of UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare broke in nine days before ransomware attack https://t.co/Qo3yY24cLT via @WSJ
UnitedHealth says hack could impact data of 'substantial proportion' of Americans https://t.co/kIW5Gf6X7m https://t.co/6zPpBWlXHw
Health insurance giant @UnitedHealthGrp has confirmed that a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare earlier this year resulted in a huge theft of Americans’ private healthcare data https://t.co/TK2qX5ID6g
UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’ https://t.co/TK2qX5I5gI
UnitedHealth paid ransom to bad actors, says patient data was compromised in Change Healthcare cyberattack https://t.co/qUu2lyS8Xg
UnitedHealth says a ransom was paid in the February cyberattack against the company that has disrupted payments throughout the US health-care system. https://t.co/eSSaMscQCY
Source: UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare was compromised on February 12, nine days before the ransomware attack, and the company paid a ransom to the hackers (@jimrundle / Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/YBaXZn0cAp 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/KNZ2YEEjlK
$UNH | UnitedHealth CEO To Testify Before US House Panel Regarding Cyberattack On Technology Unit The hack, which targeted Change Healthcare, caused disruptions in payments to doctors and healthcare facilities for a month. The cyberattack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare… https://t.co/w370yDpA3h
*Change Parent UnitedHealth Paid Ransom to Hackers, Source Says -- WSJ *Change Attackers Used Compromised Credentials to Break Into Remote-Access App -- WSJ $UNH
$UNH ❖ Hackers Were Inside Change Healthcare's Systems From Feb. 12--Earlier Than Publicly Known -- WSJ ❖ Change Attackers Used Compromised Credentials to Break Into Remote-Access App -- WSJ ❖ Change Parent UnitedHealth Paid Ransom to Hackers, Source Says -- WSJ
Congressional leaders held a hearing on the Change cyberattack the same day as UnitedHealth's earnings call. https://t.co/6BBFyr2L41
It is outrageous that United didn't address this vulnerability after buying Change Healthcare, which was already a controversial transaction. The hack was hardly unpredictable. https://t.co/LcOy02scCy
Medical Providers Still Grappling With UnitedHealth Cyberattack: ‘More Devastating Than Covid’ https://t.co/Kh9RCMXmFn via @kffhealthnews
Hospitals facing increasing threat of cyberattacks, costing millions of dollars According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, large ransomware breaches in the health care sector increased 278% from 2018 to 2022. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/a6gguX8yh4
2 months after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary halted payments to some doctors, medical providers say they’re still grappling with the fallout, even though UnitedHealth told shareholders on Tuesday that business is largely back to normal. https://t.co/jTK0upjKJ8
Lawmakers had many questions for UnitedHealth in the first federal hearing on the massive cyberattack on Change Healthcare. But UnitedHealth didn’t send a representative to answer them. https://t.co/AaNaldyMIt
UnitedHealth Group said for the first time that #hackers behind a February #ransomware attack against Change Healthcare breached sensitive health information. Read the full article here: https://t.co/lQf96SmX6M #ISMGNews #healthcare #cybersecurity @MarianneMcGee
Octopharma Plasma's US operations shut down due to suspected ransomware attack https://t.co/PtaULTrrqh
⚠️ UNITEDHEALTH CEO TO TESTIFY BEFORE US HOUSE PANEL ON CYBERATTACK AT TECH UNIT Full Story → https://t.co/FERGi5My4K UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty will testify before a U.S. House subcommittee on May 1 about a recent cyberattack at the company's technology unit and its… https://t.co/QpPUC1uxrY
* US ISP Frontier suffered an internal outage this week – now a confirmed cyberattack * Octapharma Plasma has blamed "network issues" for the ongoing closure of its 150-plus centers – a source tells us it's ransomware ICYMI by @JessicaHrdcstle https://t.co/cTUWQuuxg9
🔴 #CyberAttack Alert 🔴 🇺🇸#USA: Ransomware feared as IT 'issues' force Octapharma Plasma to close 150+ centers Source blames BlackSuit infection #Ransomware https://t.co/EKKDcFP8Xt
🔴 #CyberAttack Alert 🔴 #USA: Ransomware feared as IT 'issues' force Octapharma Plasma to close 150+ centers Source blames BlackSuit infection #Ransomware https://t.co/EKKDcFP8Xt
Ransomware feared as IT 'issues' force Octapharma Plasma to close 150+ centers https://t.co/tOsGsAiylL
Ransomware Group Leaks Data From UnitedHealth Hack, Demands More Money https://t.co/N25Qzz8CtQ
Pretty insane optics on the Change Healthcare incident. UnitedHealth Q1: • $872 million: financial impact of cyber attack • $4.8 billion: Capital returned to shareholders 0.87% of Q1 revenue More details: • $872M in Q1, ~$1.5B full year impact • $~1.2B impact net of tax… https://t.co/BL5rSYD0Uu
House lawmakers on Tuesday sharply criticized the health care giant UnitedHealth Group for the company’s role in and response to a ransomware attack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare that crippled parts of the U.S. health care system. https://t.co/xsP3lfEkVo https://t.co/HvtnAg3y9y
Ransomware attack has cost UnitedHealth $872 million; total expected to surpass $1 billion