UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty faced scrutiny during congressional hearings regarding a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of the company. Witty acknowledged paying a $22 million ransom to hackers who accessed a server lacking multi-factor authentication. He estimated that 'maybe a third' of Americans had their health data stolen, leading to concerns about the company's size and cybersecurity practices. Lawmakers criticized UnitedHealth for the breach and its impact on the healthcare system, emphasizing the need for stronger data protection measures.
UnitedHealth hack put data of one in three Americans at risk https://t.co/dRGfun3I8H
Change Healthcare hit by new cyberattack https://t.co/HVAiMaKL1T
Had to chance to discuss the recent #CyberAttack at United Healthcare with @bobgourley @ooda #RSAC2024 https://t.co/gowrxMKp3k
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty told a congressional committee that hackers breached a subsidiary of his company, the country's largest health insurer, by stealing a password and gaining access through a system that lacked multifactor authentication. https://t.co/wfD7cYKeji
The health care industry has a legal responsibility to protect patients’ sensitive information. At an oversight hearing this week, @RepPaulTonko spoke with UnitedHealth Group’s CEO Andrew Witty about how a cyberattack exploited inadequate security to steal patient data. https://t.co/kgDiti6ynI
Hey @NHS, it's time to wake up and smell the acrid stench of 'this is your warning.' UnitedHealth got hacked after it forgot to update its systems: Use that as a reminder to double down on security, @PSawers at @TechCrunch advises https://t.co/cqYD5iDwg4 https://t.co/x5auaN8msO
During @HouseCommerce's Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing with UnitedHealth's CEO, Rep. Cammack asked about the Change Healthcare cyberattack earlier this year. Amid the fallout from the attack, critical access for patients had been disrupted. ⬇️ https://t.co/PtMZfiCT4f
UnitedHealth data breach should be a wakeup call for the UK and NHS: https://t.co/HFtd2FMgdC by TechCrunch #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
UnitedHealth data breach should be a wakeup call for the UK and NHS https://t.co/l3PXch6I5s
A massive cyberattack against a private health care firm in February may have exposed millions of veterans' personal medical records. https://t.co/vvJPbsjjNX
Congressional Insight into Strategy to Combat Cyberattacks on the Healthcare Industry https://t.co/LixsbbRlmc | by @kslaw
When United Healthcare loses millions of dollars from a cybersecurity ransom, the government allows them to charge YOU more for your healthcare Think about that
UnitedHealth CEO says lack of multifactor authentication led to breach, $22 million ransom payment. | By @DNTechHive https://t.co/hh9fAiP520
TechCrunch: "United HealthCare CEO says 'maybe a third' of U.S. citizens were affected by recent hack" https://t.co/pANPVlsj7o
UnitedHealth CEO says lack of multifactor authentication led to breach, $22 million ransom payment. | @DNTechHive https://t.co/hh9fAiPCRy
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty did not find a sympathetic audience when he testified before the House and Senate. https://t.co/Zpt6UDPBjf
US lawmakers slam UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity, call the company ‘a monopoly on steroids’ https://t.co/CKy6p1lD8V https://t.co/2x9Y1HQLdN
STAT's @brittanytrang talked to health economist Ben Handel (an expert witness in DOJ's 2022 lawsuit to block UnitedHealth from acquiring Change Healthcare) about CEO Andrew Witty's Senate hearing about the Change cyberattack. Read his take on it here: https://t.co/xk67xxUBKO
Health economist Ben Handel dissects UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty's Senate testimony on the the Change Healthcare cyberattack. https://t.co/84smyZaDj4
The Change Healthcare attack devastated providers and patients across the country. Yesterday, I questioned UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on what his multi-billion dollar company can do for small, independent practices that were hurt by UnitedHealth’s failures and inaction. https://t.co/Mu1igWbYXi
Yesterday, I questioned United Healthcare CEO Andrew Witty about the recent cyberattack and how it’s impacted patients and providers. We need to know what systems were in place and any systemic failures that may have led to this unprecedented breach. I look forward to continuing… https://t.co/k6ITzKPJ4j
Data stolen in Change Healthcare attack likely included U.S. service members, executive says https://t.co/HejBiWaER2 https://t.co/NPmJpYDCEh
Change Healthcare (CHC) experienced a massive cyberattack in February, putting veteran patients' data at risk. CHC has yet to answer the mail on the full scope and implication of this ransomware attack -- but we're going to get to the bottom of it. To read Chairman Bost's…
UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest firms in the world by revenue, didn't have 2-factor authentication enabled. lmao https://t.co/FZLCMxPxnj
UnitedHealth's top executive faced criticism during his first appearance before a Senate committee since a cyberattack rocked its Change Healthcare subsidiary, with lawmakers blasting the company for still not being able to confirm the scale of the attack. https://t.co/FHdEsaPgTe https://t.co/0atZBffrCq
Congress hauled UnitedHealth Group's CEO to the Hill for more clarity on a cyberattack that threw much of the health care system into turmoil. What they got was an apology and some notable non-answers. https://t.co/wz5qrUtVoh
Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care — that the effects of the hack were outsize. https://t.co/NSa3Cq5Iuq
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty was the target of both a Senate & House hearing yesterday. Read more from @brittanytrang, including a timeline of when patients might hear if they’ve been impacted: https://t.co/uHUAiYlFMv via @statnews
Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak https://t.co/74cvg3JOFt
UnitedHealth CEO's testimony on cyberattack leaves Congress wanting https://t.co/hgou7WhVIO @TreedinDC @PeterSullivan4
$UNH (+0.0% pre) UnitedHealth CEO estimates one-third of Americans could be impacted by Change Healthcare cyberattack - CNBC https://t.co/Gluzh9WRZq
UnitedHealth: Hackers Exploited Remote-Access Software for Ransomware Attack https://t.co/P7g9SjfbmQ
UnitedHealth Congressional Testimony Reveals Rampant Security Fails https://t.co/pre2AbqxMl
The Change Healthcare #cyberattack that disrupted health care systems nationwide earlier this year started when hackers entered a server that lacked a basic form of security: multifactor authentication. https://t.co/irIjuvXDCI
Congress aggressively questioned UnitedHealth Group’s response to the hack of its Change Healthcare unit in hearings Wednesday https://t.co/r5r03fvTdp via @WSJ
UnitedHealth says hackers potentially stole a third of Americans' data https://t.co/QdFVd6plvE https://t.co/YKLHUdzvFH
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty told lawmakers the company is still trying to determine why its computer systems were left vulnerable to hackers who perpetrated a devastating cyberattack. https://t.co/lgALzrt2uu
Lawmakers grill UnitedHealth CEO on Change cyberattack: "Your company let the country down." https://t.co/ACvr0vAvK0
A third of Americans could have had data stolen in big health care hack. Read below: https://t.co/nh5SHTSEyT
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies that the Change Healthcare hack impacted "maybe a third" of Americans and it'll take "several months" to notify victims (@lorenzofb / TechCrunch) https://t.co/CSHspgjGP6 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/wgXpi31nux
UnitedHealth Group and CEO Andrew Witty reprimanded for a careless and significant data breech exposing private health information. "Your company, on your watch, let the country down." https://t.co/UiWRDr1MXJ
Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says https://t.co/uvQ2Nq43OV
UnitedHealth CEO admits it paid $22 million ransom to BlackCat https://t.co/qcFjXOBO48
Most of us have never heard of a health clearinghouse, but a cyberattack on the largest one in the nation has resulted in chaos for months. Today I asked UnitedHealth Group's CEO how they were caught so off guard as we work to ensure this does not happen again. https://t.co/OUYHMsCEBI
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty says threat actors used compromised credentials to remotely access a @Change_HC Citrix portal — a portal that lacked multifactor authentication (MFA), a basic tenet of #cybersecurity. #infosec #ITsecurity https://t.co/tvj1GZlrvG
The federal government and private sector must take the opportunity to learn from recent cyberattacks on our critical health infrastructure. We owe it to patients and providers to protect their data and build a stronger, more resilient health care system. https://t.co/0BAcnOebMD
UnitedHealth CEO estimates one-third of Americans could be impacted by Change Healthcare cyberattack https://t.co/sSdcXY03sR
Turns out United Healthcare forgot the first rule of cybersecurity: Don't skimp on multi-factor authentication! @lorenzofb reports the company's CEO is saying 'maybe a third' of Americans got their data swiped. Woof. #CyberSecurityFail. https://t.co/vlenuiZKu8 on @TechCrunch https://t.co/419wUjqVi8
UnitedHealth Group needs to notify patients immediately if their information may have been exposed in February's hack. Ten weeks is way too long for Americans to not know if their records are available to criminals on the dark web. Today at a hearing I pressed the CEO to act now.
.@UnitedHealthGrp CEO Andrew Witty told a Senate committee that the company will offer consumers two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection in response to a Feb. 21 cyberattack on @Change_HC. #cybersecurity #infosec #ITsecurity https://t.co/oivJmk3O66
UnitedHealthCare CEO Says 'Maybe a Third' of US Citizens Were Affected By Recent Hack https://t.co/ClK4OMGUtG
Hacked Data Remains a Mystery After Change Healthcare Hearing https://t.co/UXrOgHL3N9
UnitedHealth CEO defends insurer after major hack, reveals amount of ransom paid as senators question firm’s size https://t.co/M2FweCdSxy https://t.co/iIhtJ4iNF9
United HealthCare CEO says ‘maybe a third’ of U.S. citizens were affected by recent hack: https://t.co/p20oGCdMFs by TechCrunch #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
NEW: Until today UnitedHealth only said "a substantial proportion of people in America" were affected by the Change Healthcare cyberattack. In a hearing today, UnitedHealth CEO estimated that "maybe a third" of Americans had their health data stolen. https://t.co/HjBMb2Vmc5
United HealthCare CEO says ‘maybe a third’ of U.S. citizens were affected by recent hack https://t.co/DrCSFHP4xI
Recent cyber attacks have highlighted the need for health care companies to have systems in place to safeguard medical data. At today’s @SenateFinance hearing, I heard from UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on how Congress can help deter future threats. https://t.co/1MjzhYCMIq
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty appeared before Congress to answer for what lawmakers called a “single attack [that] kicked off a cascading series of crises that are unmasking some deep vulnerabilities in the core of our health care system.” https://t.co/GJO1sFtOeD
"We don't even know what data was stolen," Senator Wyden tells UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty, during a congressional hearing on the cyberattack that exposed millions of Americans' confidential medical information. "Your company, on your watch, let the country down." https://t.co/T2MyUIZ2MN
UnitedHealth CEO confirms in US oversight hearing that they paid a $22 million ransom to Black/ALPHV ransomware operation. Our previous coverage from yesterday: https://t.co/v1fYznVqbl
UnitedHealth CEO details cyberattack root, working 24/7 to 'fix this' https://t.co/7SEPqSEaxy
Wil be really interesting if this cyberattack helps speed up other efforts to tackle potential problems in health care due to vertical integration. in pharma space I'm thinking PBMs... https://t.co/756jSCFMmy
While most of the questions directed at Witty concerned whether UnitedHealth did enough to prevent and respond to the cyberattack on Change, senators also drilled into a central question that’s swirled around the entire debacle: Is UnitedHealth too big? https://t.co/LGRU718JBe
Chair @cathymcmorris to UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty: “You have a responsibility to protect the data of the people who have put their trust in you. And I'll put it bluntly. In this case, you failed.” https://t.co/BQ1P4aVWg0
In a US Senate hearing, the UnitedHealth CEO says the company paid a $22M ransom to hackers who accessed a Change Healthcare server that wasn't protected by MFA (@ashleycapoot / CNBC) https://t.co/rv03ufJCj1 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/Kr4D9hdKu6
The portion of Americans that might be affected by the Change hack: "Maybe a third or somewhere near that level," UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty just told lawmakers.
Senators were not happy with UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty at today's Senate hearing. "‘Is the dominant role of United too dominant?’ Because it’s into everything, and messing up United messes up everybody." He faces the House next this afternoon. https://t.co/cK3BFn6JEu
Data stolen in Change Healthcare attack likely included U.S. service members, executive says. https://t.co/GHGcqYAuN2 via @MattBracken
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty took fire from both sides of the aisle during his testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of his company. https://t.co/3na3CYeX7g