UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare, a technology unit of the health insurance giant, was the target of a significant cyberattack that began on February 12, earlier than previously known. The breach, which involved compromised credentials, allowed hackers to access a remote-access application and resulted in a month-long disruption of payments to healthcare providers. Congressional leaders held a hearing on the same day as UnitedHealth's earnings call to address the incident. UnitedHealth confirmed that it paid a ransom to the hackers and that the attack compromised the health data of a substantial proportion of Americans. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported a 278% increase in large ransomware breaches in the healthcare sector from 2018 to 2022. The UnitedHealth CEO is scheduled to testify before the US House Panel regarding the cyberattack.
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 paid ransom to bad actors, says patient data was compromised in Change Healthcare cyberattack https://t.co/HGYRychOWR
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
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
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
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
Ransomware attack has cost UnitedHealth $872 million; total expected to surpass $1 billion
“Two months into the crisis spawned by the ransomware attack, Change Healthcare has faced mounting losses. The company recently reported spending $872 million responding to the incident as of March 31.” https://t.co/brATpp0LE8