HealthLeaders Media February 29, 2024
The impact is wide and expected to grow.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, an industry coordinating group that disseminates intel on attacks, says flaws in an application called ConnectWise ScreenConnect are to blame.
– The tool is used by tech support teams to remotely troubleshoot computer problems, and the attack is ‘apparently fairly trivial to execute,’ H-ISAC warned members.
– The group said it expects additional victims and advised its members to update their technology. When the attack first hit, the AHA recommended its members disconnect from systems both at Change and its corporate parent, UnitedHealth’s Optum unit. That would affect services ranging from claims approvals to reference tools.
– UnitedHealth says only Change’s systems...
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