Cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s Subsidiary

SOURCE finance.yahoo.com
A cyberattack against UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s subsidiary Change Healthcare has caused a nationwide outage, impacting the transmission of data between health-care providers and insurance companies. Some pharmacies are unable to process prescriptions due to the attack.

Key Points

  • The cyberattack was suspected to be initiated by a nation-state associated threat actor.
  • Change Healthcare operates the largest medical electronic data interchange clearinghouse in the US health insurance market.
  • The cyberattack has triggered cascading disruptions with impacted organizations like pharmacies and health-care providers.

Pros

  • UnitedHealth Group Inc. detected the cyberattack and took immediate action to disconnect the affected systems.
  • The cyberattack only impacted Change Healthcare, and all other systems of UnitedHealth Group Inc. are operational.

Cons

  • Pharmacies are experiencing issues processing prescriptions due to the nationwide outage caused by the cyberattack.