UnitedHealth Group has paid more than $3 billion to providers following cyberattack
Summary
UnitedHealth, which owns Change Healthcare, discovered in February that a cyber threat actor had breached part of the units information technology network. Federal agencies like the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have introduced additional options to ensure that states and other stakeholders can make interim payments to providers, according to a release. Blackcat, also called Noberus and ALPHV, steals sensitive data from institutions and threatens to publish it unless a ransom is paid, according to a December release from the U.S. Department of Justice. United Health is working closely with law enforcement and third parties like Palo Alto Networks and Googles Mandiant to assess the attack. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, wrote a letter to UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty on Monday requesting information about the "scope and extent" of the breach.