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AHA says Change Healthcare attack may impact hospital finances
The American Hospital Association penned a letter to the HHS about the Change Healthcare attack stating that the incident may have "an immediate adverse impact on hospitals' finances." -
Cyber framework cuts healthcare insurance premium hikes
Healthcare organizations utilizing the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework as their primary framework experienced smaller increases in cyber insurance premiums than those not employing the NIST CSF, a Feb. 27 report from KLAS found. -
Cigna affected by Prospect Medical breach
Some of Cigna's policyholder information has been compromised due to a 2023 cyberattack on Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, Hartford Business Journal reported Feb. 27. -
UnitedHealth says most pharmacies have 'effective workarounds' amid Change cyberattack
UnitedHealth Group estimates 90% of the 70,000-plus pharmacies in the U.S. using Change Healthcare's platform have modified electronic claims processing to mitigate effects of the cybersecurity incident that hit the company last week. -
Ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare attack: Report
The BlackCat ransomware gang is claiming responsibility for an attack on Change Healthcare, TheRegister reported Feb. 26. -
Children's hospital asks patients to bring printed documents amid cyberattack
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago advised patients to bring in printed copies of insurance cards and medication lists as it continues to deal with a cyberattack. -
'An attack on the entire sector': Fallout from Change Healthcare hack continues
Change Healthcare said Feb. 26 that it expects the cybersecurity incident that has disrupted its payment and pharmacy processing operations to last at least through the day. -
Financial risks for UnitedHealth after Change Healthcare cyberattack: Moody's
UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare has fallen victim to a cyberattack, marking a credit-negative event for the company, according to Moody's. -
Authorities take down 14K email accounts linked to healthcare hackers
Authorities shuttered 14,000 email accounts linked to LockBit, a ransomware gang known for targeting the U.S. healthcare industry, Gov Info Security reported Feb. 22. -
FBI warned of Chinese malware 'low blows' before Change cyberattack
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Chinese efforts to embed malware inside U.S. critical infrastructure networks are at "a scale greater than we'd seen before" in remarks made days before a reported cybersecurity event affecting the nation's largest commercial prescription processor. -
Health systems disconnect from Change Healthcare amid attack
Some health systems disconnected from Optum's Change Healthcare as of Feb. 23 following a cyberattack that affected the company. -
UnitedHealth suspects 'nation-state' behind Change outage: 7 things to know
Change Healthcare, part of UnitedHealth Group, reported a "cybersecurity incident" on Feb. 21 that disrupted connectivity and healthcare operations nationwide. -
Optum's Change Healthcare hit by cyberattack
Optum's Change Healthcare reported a cyberattack on its systems Feb. 21 that disrupted connectivity. -
Law enforcement seizes healthcare hacker gang's servers
International law enforcement operation seized the infrastructure of LockBit, a ransomware gang known for targeting the U.S. healthcare industry, Gov Info Security reported Feb. 19. -
Health system CISO trends: 6 things to know
Health system chief information security officers are experiencing a significant leadership turnover, with 42% of them taking on their roles within the past three years, a Feb. 15 report from WittKieffer found. -
Lexington Medical Center employee's email hacked
West Columbia, S.C.-based Lexington Medical Center informed patients an employee's email was hacked last year, exposing their personal information. -
Man pleads guilty to crippling UVM Medical Center cyberattack
A ransomware attack against Burlington,Vt.-based UVM Health Network in 2020 cost the system millions and disrupted patient care at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vyacheslav Penchukov, a Ukrainian national, pleaded guilty to leading the attack. -
IT outage diverts stroke, trauma patients at Minnesota hospitals
Some Minnesota hospitals have had to divert stroke and trauma patients after an apparent cyberattack on a radiology group, the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press reported. -
Lurie Children's offers financial relief to physicians amid cyberattack
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is offering emergency loans to independent physicians who haven't been able to bill patients for services during its cybersecurity outage, WBEZ Chicago reported Feb. 16. -
Hackers are using AI to be more 'productive'
Microsoft research found that government-sponsored hackers affiliated with Russia, China and Iran have been utilizing tools associated with OpenAI to create cyberattacks, The New York Times reported Feb. 14.
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