pharmaphorum March 5, 2024
As healthcare facilities and pharmacies try to recover from one of the most disruptive cyberattacks in US history, reports have emerged that the perpetrators may have received a hefty ransom payment.
The ransomware attack by the notorious ALPHV/Blackcat hacker group on UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare unit, which first emerged on 21st February, is still disrupting systems used to pay for prescriptions and process health reimbursement claims across the US. The group claims to have seized around 6 terabytes of claims data, including payment and insurance information and health records.
A report in WIRED and attributed to TRM Labs suggests that a Bitcoin address belonging to ALPHV hackers received a single transaction payment of 350 bitcoins worth nearly $22 million, which...
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