Feb 29, 05:15 PM

UnitedHealth Cyberattack by Blackcat Affects Change Healthcare, 'Millions' of Records Stolen

UnitedHealth Group has been hit by a cyberattack, attributed to Russian ransomware group Blackcat, affecting its subsidiary Change Healthcare. The attack, which has led to an eight-day outage, is impacting pharmacies, hospitals, and startups, with executives warning it could soon escalate into a crisis. The hackers claimed responsibility, stating they stole 'millions' of records and allegedly obtained 6TB of data. UnitedHealth now believes cybercriminals were behind the disruptive attack. Shares of UnitedHealth ($UNH) are on pace for a third straight monthly decline following the incident. An executive from UnitedHealth Group suggested that the outage could persist for weeks.

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Written with ChatGPT (GPT-4).

Sources

Rick Berke@rickberke
2 years ago
SCOOP: Change Healthcare cyber attack outage could persist for weeks, UnitedHealth Group executive suggests https://t.co/8UhMMioevJ via @statnews @brittanytrang
STAT@statnews
2 years ago
Exclusive: Change Healthcare cyber attack outage could persist for weeks, UnitedHealth Group executive implies. https://t.co/f2qud1zcE6
Bertha Coombs@berthacoombs
2 years ago
$UNH shares are on pace for a third straight monthly decline after a rough fortnight. The healthcare giant confirming Russian ransomware group Blackcat hacked its Change Healtcare a week ago -- the systems remain down, as the group reportedly claimed to have stolen 6TB of data. https://t.co/vzNlcMECF6

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