There’s no way that DataBreaches has enough time to track all of the lawsuits filed against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries, Optum and Change Healthcare, as a result of the Change Healthcare hack, but over on Becker’s Hospital Review, Giles Bruce reported about a suit of particular note: Thirty-nine healthcare providers and the National Community…
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Cyberattack costs growing at UnitedHealth Group, could reach $2.45 billion for this year
Christopher Snowbeck reports: Second quarter earnings beat analyst expectations at UnitedHealth Group, even as the Minnetonka-based health care giant said it saw more expenses handling the fallout from a massive cyberattack earlier this year. The company now expects cyberattack costs could reach $2.45 billion for the year, including more direct expenses for financial support for…
It’s the biggest breach reported so far to Massachusetts in 2024 but you probably didn’t hear about it.
Updated July 16: It appears that Edward Flynn, LMHC, may not have intended to indicate that his organization had 575,000 people affected by a breach. However, despite multiple attempts and inquiries from DataBreaches, he continues to decline to provide any coherent statement to explain his report to the state in terms of what actually happened…
Blackcat may be gone, but recovery from its attacks is not over
The AlphV (aka Blackcat) ransomware group may have disappeared after a law enforcement seizure in December, and then an exit scam by its admin in March, but the impact of some of its breaches continues. While the Change Healthcare breach continues to make headlines, earlier breaches by Blackcat also continue to impact victims. In July…
Impact of Tennessee’s Cybersecurity Class Action Safe Harbor
Here are some perspectives by law firms. From SheppardMullin: Tennessee has joined a handful of other states to provide certain safe harbors in the cybersecurity realm. Unlike others, the law sites beside -but does not modify- the states’ data breach notification law. Also unlike others, the safe harbor is very narrowly tailored, and is not triggered by…
American Clinical Solutions: Over 400,000 Medical Records in the Hands of RansomHub
Marco A. De Felice aka @amvinfe reports: The RansomHub group made headlines last February when, following a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, they disrupted operations for several weeks. Change Healthcare is the largest U.S. provider of revenue and payment cycle management, connecting payers, providers, and patients within the American healthcare system. A week ago, a RansomHub affiliate successfully…