Category: cybersecurity

UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare has fallen victim to a cyberattack, marking a credit-negative event for the company, according to Moody’s. 

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 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 co…

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger said it has disconnected from Optum’s Change Healthcare following a cyberattack that affected the company, The Citizens’ Voice reported Feb. 22. 

Change Healthcare, part of UnitedHealth Group, reported a “cybersecurity incident” on Feb. 21 that disrupted connectivity and healthcare operations nationwide.

Optum’s Change Healthcare reported a cyberattack on its systems Feb. 21 that disrupted connectivity.

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 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. 

West Columbia, S.C.-based Lexington Medical Center informed patients an employee’s email was hacked last year, exposing their personal information.

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.