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Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has taken some of its systems offline to investigate what it describes as a "Cyber security event." As a major U.S. nonprofit health system, Ascension operates 140 hospitals and 40 senior care facilities across 19 states and the District of Columbia.
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The ransomware attack on Change Healthcare occurred in late February 2024, leading to severe operational disruptions on Optum's Change Healthcare platform. The healthcare org recently admitted that it paid a ransom to protect people's data post-compromise, but no details about the attack or who carried it out were officially disclosed.
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UnitedHealth Group reported an $872 million impact on its Q1 earnings due to the ransomware attack disrupting the U.S. healthcare system since February. Change Healthcare is the biggest payment exchange platform used by doctors, healthcare providers, and over 70,000 pharmacies within the United States healthcare system.
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The RansomHub extortion gang has begun leaking what they claim is corporate and patient data stolen from United Health subsidiary Change Healthcare in what has been a long and convoluted extortion process for the company. While Change Healthcare has declined to comment on whether it has paid a ransom, the affiliate known as "Notchy" said they would extort Change Healthcare again as they still had the company's data.
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