The UnitedHealth Group — one of the nation’s largest health care providers — said it is making progress in its recovery from one of the worst cyberattacks on a health care system in United States history, its CEO said earlier this week.
On Feb. 21, UnitedHealth Group announced a hacking group called ALPHV — also known as “BlackCat” — breached its system. Its subsidiary Change Healthcare was hit hardest by the attack.
“Change Healthcare can confirm we experienced a cybersecurity issue perpetrated by a cybercrime threat actor who has represented itself to us as ALPHV/Blackcat,” according to a statement on UnitedHealth Group’s website.
Change Healthcare processes 15 billion health care transactions annually and touches 1 in every 3 patient records, according to a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from the American Hospital Association.
“These transactions include services that directly affect patient care and pharmacy operations, and the attack “imposed significant consequences on hospitals and the communities they serve.”
Pharmacy, medical claims, and payment systems were targeted by the attack.
