Becker's Healthcare March 21, 2024
Giles Bruce

Change Healthcare said it has reinstated Amazon cloud services for two of its platforms a month into a cyberattack against the company.

The UnitedHealth Group and Optum subsidiary said March 20 it restored Amazon Web Services from backups for Assurance, a claims and remittance management program, and claims clearinghouse Relay Exchange. Change said it rebuilt authentication services for the solutions on a new network with the help of cybersecurity firms Palo Alto Networks and Mandiant, a Google subsidiary. The company said it is also testing the security of the external-facing parts of those applications.

Change took IT systems offline Feb. 21 after experiencing a ransomware attack that disrupted payment and pharmacy services...

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