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☆ Ransomware group Blackcat is behind cyberattack on UnitedHealth division, company says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Traders work at the post where UnitedHealth Group is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The company said it's working with Mandiant, which is owned by Google , and cybersecurity software vendor Palo Alto Networks . In a since-deleted post on the dark web, Blackcat said Wednesday that it was behind the attack on Change Healthcare's systems. Change's parent company UnitedHealth Group said it discovered that a cyber threat actor breached part of the unit's information technology network on Feb. 21, according to a filing with the SEC. Brett Callow, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity company Emsisoft, said ransomware groups will often make posts like these in an effort to bring victims to the negotiating table.

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☆ Cyberattack on health insurance IT giant continues to disrupt business for doctors, therapists
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“I’ve begun manually billing and I’m praying that I will be paid,” Disney told CNN. Lack of payment isn’t sustainableCarter Groome, chief executive of Health First Advisory, a cybersecurity firm whose clients include big health care organizations, estimated that some health care providers are losing more than $100 million per day because of the outage. “That’s just not sustainable in an industry with not a lot of cash on hand,” Groome told CNN. As of Wednesday morning, Change Health Care said the company’s affected network was still offline. Hackers using the malware have claimed a slew of attacks on US universities, health care providers and hotels in the last 18 months.

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☆ Outages from cyberattack at UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare extend to seventh day as pharmacies deploy workarounds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Change Healthcare's systems are down for the seventh day after a cyber threat actor gained access to its network last week. Change Healthcare offers tools for payment and revenue cycle management, and its system outages have disrupted operations in pharmacies and health systems across the country. Change Healthcare merged with Optum in 2022. Rising number of health-care cyberattacksThe attack on Change Healthcare comes after 2023 set a grim record for health-related cybercrime. Impact of Change Healthcare's breachUnitedHealth has not specifically disclosed exactly which Change Healthcare systems have been affected, but the fallout from the cyberattack has caused a ripple of problems across the U.S. health-care system.

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Hospitals in recent years have shifted their use of online technology to support everything from telehealth to medical devices to patient records. Brett Callow, an analyst for the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, counted 46 cyberattacks on hospitals last year, compared with 25 in 2022. The dramatic increase in these online raids has prompted the nation’s top health agency to develop new rules for hospitals to protect themselves from cyber threats. The attacks can put hospitals’ networks offline for weeks or months, forcing hospitals to turn away patients. In Chicago, Lurie hospital’s network has been offline for two weeks.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers opened up their bag of tricks late to score the first touchdown in Super Bowl 58. Receiver Jauan Jennings threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey to give San Francisco a 10-0 lead over the Kansas City Chiefs late in the first half Sunday. Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesThe score was just the sixth TD pass thrown by a non-quarterback in Super Bowl history with it happening three times in the past seven seasons. Trey Burton had the famous “Philly Special” pass to Nick Foles at the end of the first half in Super Bowl 52 for Philadelphia against New England. The other non-quarterbacks with a TD pass in the Super Bowl are Antwaan Randle El for Pittsburgh against Seattle in Super Bowl 40, Lawrence McCutcheon for the Rams against Pittsburgh in Super Bowl 14 and Robert Newhouse for Dallas against Denver in Super Bowl 12.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw three of his four touchdown passes to George Kittle and the San Francisco 49ers extended their dominance over the Dallas Cowboys with a 42-10 victory Sunday night. He threw two more interceptions in the fourth quarter with his only highlight coming on a 26-yard TD pass to KaVontae Turpin in the second quarter. Kittle became the first Niners player with three TD catches in a game since Vernon Davis in 2009. Purdy added a 1-yard TD pass to Kyle Juszczyk in the fourth quarter. SCORING STREAKMcCaffrey scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter after losing a fumble near the goal line earlier in the game.

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☆ Ransomware Attack Disrupts Health Care Services in at Least Three States
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Rebecca Carballo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

CharterCARE Health Partners, a Rhode Island affiliate, said on Facebook Thursday that it had to reschedule some of its appointments and to revert to paper records. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that computers were also down at Crozer Health facilities in Delaware County. “Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. recently experienced a data security incident that has disrupted our operations,” the company said in a statement on Saturday. Waterbury Hospital, in Waterbury, Conn., said on Saturday that it was continuing to have disruptions. It also said that some of its outpatient and diagnostic imaging services had not been available on Friday or Saturday.

Persons: John Riggi Organizations: CharterCARE Health Partners, Rhode Island, Facebook, Philadelphia Inquirer, Crozer Health, “ Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc, Waterbury Hospital, American Hospital Association Locations: Delaware County, Waterbury, Conn

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