Becker's Healthcare February 21, 2025
One year after a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare, the breach—which exposed the personal and health data of 190 million individuals—has been deemed the largest in healthcare history.
On Feb. 21, 2024, the Russian ransomware group ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, launched a crippling cyberattack on Change Healthcare, encrypting and disabling large portions of its operations. As the largest clearinghouse for medical claims in the U.S., Change Healthcare processes nearly 15 billion transactions annually, interacting with one in three patient records. The attack sent shockwaves through the healthcare industry, disrupting care delivery and threatening the financial stability of hospitals nationwide.
“While we were not directly compromised, the disruption to Change Healthcare’s services affected critical operational and financial...
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