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As part of its ongoing data breach response, UnitedHealth Group has informed its subsidiaries, Change Healthcare, that they have recently experienced a data breach. Following the February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group revealed on Monday that it had paid ransom to cyber threat actors to protect patient data.
Additionally, the company confirmed that there was a breach of files with personal information that had been compromised.
In the aftermath of the attack, Change Healthcare’s payment processing service was affected, and other vital services such as prescription writing, payment processing, and insurance claims were adversely affected, affecting healthcare providers and pharmacies across the United States.
It was reported that $872 million worth of financial damage had been sustained as a result of the cyberattack. On Monday, UnitedHealth Group announced that it had published an update about the status of its monitoring of the internet and dark web to determine if data had been leaked. The update was published along with leading external industry experts.
There are many tools provided by Change Healthcare for managing the payment and revenue cycle. This company facilitates more than 15 billion transactions each year, and one in three patient records pass through the company’s systems each year.
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
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