Latest Optum news

UnitedHealth confirms it paid ransomware gang to stop data leak

The UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that it paid a ransom to cybercriminals to protect sensitive data stolen during the Optum ransomware attack in late February.
- Bill Toulas
- April 23, 2024
- 10:28 AM
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UnitedHealth: Change Healthcare cyberattack caused $872 million loss

UnitedHealth Group reported an $872 million impact on its Q1 earnings due to the ransomware attack disrupting the U.S. healthcare system since February.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 16, 2024
- 10:24 AM
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Ransomware gang starts leaking alleged stolen Change Healthcare data

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.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 15, 2024
- 05:54 PM
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US govt probes if ransomware gang stole Change Healthcare data

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating whether protected health information was stolen in a ransomware attack that hit UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG) subsidiary Optum, which operates the Change Healthcare platform, in late February.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 13, 2024
- 04:16 PM
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UnitedHealth brings some Change Healthcare pharmacy services back online

Optum's Change Healthcare has started to bring systems back online after suffering a crippling BlackCat ransomware attack last month that led to widespread disruption to the US healthcare system.
- Bill Toulas
- March 08, 2024
- 12:54 PM
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BlackCat ransomware turns off servers amid claim they stole $22 million ransom

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang has shut down its servers amid claims that they scammed the affiliate responsible for the attack on Optum, the operator of the Change Healthcare platform, of $22 million.
- Ionut Ilascu
- March 04, 2024
- 12:44 PM
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Ransomware gang claims they stole 6TB of Change Healthcare data

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang has officially claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), which led to an ongoing outage affecting the Change Healthcare platform.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 28, 2024
- 02:33 PM
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UnitedHealth subsidiary Optum hack linked to BlackCat ransomware

A cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum that led to an ongoing outage impacting the Change Healthcare payment exchange platform was linked to the BlackCat ransomware group by sources familiar with the investigation.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 07:13 PM
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UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage

Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems and various services after a cyberattack by "nation-state" hackers on the Change Healthcare platform.
- Bill Toulas
- February 23, 2024
- 04:41 AM
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