Change Healthcare attack sheds light on industry’s weak points

AXIOS April 8, 2024
Tina Reed

The expansive impact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack was a wake-up call for a health care system that’s now racing to safeguard itself against another industry-rattling hack.

Why it matters: There’s recently been increased focused on defending individual health care organizations against bad actors as the vulnerable sector increasingly finds itself under attack.

• But the Change Healthcare hack that disrupted payments to providers for weeks revealed the industry’s heavy reliance on just a few technology companies to keep day-to-day operations running.

• That essentially creates what The Atlantic’s Juliette Kayyem recently described as a “single point of failure” — and experts warn Change Healthcare likely isn’t the only one.

What they’re saying: “Change is the canary in...

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