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| DATE | 2024-02-22 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Massive Russian Cyber Attack paralizes healthcare
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https://healthitsecurity.com/news/change-healthcare-disconnects-system-amid-cyberattack
healthitsecurity.com
Change Healthcare Disconnects Systems Amid Cyberattack
Jill McKeon
3–4 minutes
February 22, 2024 - Change Healthcare is experiencing a network
interruption due to a cyberattack, the company stated in a notice on its
website. Change Healthcare is part of health tech company Optum, which
is owned by healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group as of 2022. Through its
platform, Change processes patient payments for healthcare organizations
across the country.
“Once we became aware of the outside threat, in the interest of
protecting our partners and patients, we took immediate action to
disconnect our systems to prevent further impact,” Change noted in its
lastest update. “The disruption is expected to last at least through the
day.”
Change posted its initial notice on February 21, when it began
experiencing disruptions to some applications. A few hours later, the
company reported “enterprise-wide connectivity issues.”
By Wednesday night Eastern Time, Change began calling the incident a
“cybersecurity issue” and assured patients that was working with experts
to address the matter.
Pigeon, Michigan-based Scheurer Family Pharmacy reported impacts from
the outage that resulted in it being unable to process prescriptions
temporarily, the Huron Daily Tribune reported.
“Due to a nationwide outage from the largest prescription processor in
North America, we are currently unable to process prescriptions at any
of our four locations of Scheurer Family Pharmacy,” Scheurer Health told
patients in a Facebook post. “We are being told that this is temporary
but have not been given a time for restored services.”
The pharmacy clarified to concerned patients that it was still able to
accept prescriptions, but could not process them through the patients’
insurance. A later update stated that its systems were “back up and
running.”
“Now with reports surfacing that Change Healthcare has experienced an
outage due to a likely ransomware attack, and pharmacies across the
country are experiencing delays in processing prescriptions, we’re
reminded of the challenges healthcare providers face daily to ensure
business continuity and patient care,” said Micky Bresman, CEO of
security company Semperis.
“While it is too early to tell if the suspected ransomware attack on
Change will affect the lives of patients in need of medications, they do
reportedly process 15 billion transactions annually. This attack comes
after numerous recent ransomware attacks on hospitals such as Lurie
Children’s Hospital in Chicago and medical supply operator Henry Schein.”
This is a developing story. It will be updated as more information
becomes available.
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