Data Breach News, Healthcare, Malware Ransomware
April 29, 2024
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United Healthcare, Optum, and Change Healthcare Involved in Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Data Breach

United Healthcare, Optum, And Change Healthcare Involved In Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Data Breach

Marco A. De Felice reports: Another significant data breach looms for United Healthcare (UHC), involving patient documents belonging to its Optum financial assistance program and its subsidiary Change Healthcare. In recent hours, the ransomware group Medusa has claimed on its website, within Tor networks, the cyberattack on the servers of Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health (NEON), a company providing healthcare services headquartered in Cleveland, […]

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March 26, 2024
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Nursing Home Declares Bankruptcy, Claims Recent Cyberattacks Contributed

Data Breach Today reports: A Midwest operator of nursing homes has filed for bankruptcy, citing the effects of a ransomware attack last fall and fallout from the recent Change Healthcare outage as factors that contributed to its financial woes. See Also: Take Inventory of Your Medical Device Security Risks SC Healthcare Holdings LLC, which operates as […]

Data Breach News, Healthcare, Malware Ransomware
March 14, 2024
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HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Letter and Opens Investigation of Change Healthcare Cyberattack

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a “Dear Colleague” letter addressing the cybersecurity incident impacting Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG), and many other health care entities. The cyberattack is disrupting health care and billing information operations nationwide and poses a direct threat to […]

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February 29, 2024
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Change Healthcare ransomware attack continues to cause major problems for patients and providers

The attack on United Healthcare’s Change Healthcare unit continues to cause major problems. Pharmacies are struggling to fill prescriptions, patients cannot get their medications, and payment processes for providers are impacted. The problems began February 21 after hackers, subsequently identified as the AlphV (BlackCat) group, gained access to UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare unit. How they gained […]

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February 22, 2024
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An attack on Optum Solutions/Change Healthcare has the healthcare sector worried (1)

HHS generally does not rush to issue any notice about a cyberattack, but today, they issued a quick one about Change Healthcare: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is aware that a cyber incident was identified in Optum Insight’s Change Healthcare’s technology systems on February 21. HHS is working closely with Optum Insight […]

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February 22, 2024
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Ransomware criminals lie to us. Can we lie to them?

Two Men Sitting At Desks With Laptops

Some ransomware gangs demand millions of dollars in ransom or even tens of millions of dollars. Even smaller businesses, non-profit organizations, and public school districts have increasingly become victims of cyberattacks because they are easy targets with poor defenses against attackers. Do you want your system unlocked? Do you want your data back or deleted […]

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February 22, 2024
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Reward Offers for Information on LockBit Leaders and Designating Affiliates

Law enforcement has been providing new information each day about the disruption to LockBit’s operations. In today’s news, there’s a reward offered for information on the perpetrators and affiliates. The reward offer was published by the U.S. Department of State: The Department of State is announcing reward offers totaling up to $15 million for information […]