Fierce Healthcare June 6, 2024
In the wake of the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a key senator is urging federal regulators to take immediate steps to require major healthcare companies to beef up their cybersecurity.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday saying the agency should immediately issue new security requirements such as minimum cybersecurity and resiliency standards. He also said these firms should be required to conduct routine technology audits and offer technical assistance to providers, especially those that have few resources.
Hackers breached a server at Change that did not have multifactor authentication on and spent nine days within the system before deploying ransomware in late February. Wyden noted that HHS does...
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