UnitedHealth's CEO Andrew Witty confirmed in a Senate hearing that he had conceded to paying ransom hackers $22 million.
Senators questioned UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on Wednesday about a cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare.
In a stunning revelation during a U.S. Senate Committee on Finance hearing, Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, confirmed that the healthcare giant paid a $22 million ransom to cybercriminals.
Health insurance provider UnitedHealth paid a multimillion-dollar ransom to hackers who broke into one of its subsidiaries, ...
The company belatedly conceded both that it had paid the cybercriminals extorting it and that patient data nonetheless ended ...
UnitedHealth did not say how much was paid to the hackers, although the “ALPHV/Blackcat” internet hacker group had asked for ...
The ransom was paid “as part of the company’s commitment to do all it could to protect patient data from disclosure,” a ...
Ransom payments are controversial. The federal government has asked hospitals and healthcare organizations not to pay ransoms so stealing patient data becomes less lucrative. However, healthcare ...
For the first time, UnitedHealth acknowledged that it paid ransom to "protect ... organizations not to pay ransom so stealing patient data becomes less lucrative. Hackers acquired health and ...
In letters to both congressional committees, the American Hospital Association said an internally survey of its members found that 94% of hospitals reported damage to cash flow and more than half ...
The hackers who attacked UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare unit were in the company’s networks for more than a week before they launched a ransomware strike that has crippled vital parts ...
The admission that hackers stole Americans' health data ... RansomHub said it would sell the stolen data unless Change Healthcare paid a ransom. In a statement provided to TechCrunch, UnitedHealth ...