Fierce Healthcare March 1, 2024
As the disruption caused by the cyberattack at Change Healthcare stretches beyond its tenth day, cybersecurity experts say that the incident could spur greater emphasis on enhancing protocols — and greater oversight from the feds.
On Feb. 21, Change Healthcare’s systems were taken offline and its parent company, Optum, disclosed the following day that a cybersecurity issue was behind the outage. UnitedHealth Group initially pinned the blame for the attack on a “nation-state” affiliated actor before acknowledging on Thursday that it was caused by BlackCat, a notorious cybercriminal gang also known as ALPHV or Noberus.
The hackers had taken credit for the breach in a quickly-deleted post on its dark website.
Steve Cagle, CEO of Clearwater, which provides cybersecurity services...
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