IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Ars Technica

Nine days after a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate took down the biggest US health care payment processor, pharmacies, health care providers, …

NPR

A ransomware attack targeting a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide, leaving patients with problems …

Fierce Healthcare

Addressing ransomware, or attacks where critical data or technology is extracted and then encrypted to be held for a ransom, needs to be a key focus …

NBC News

American Hospital Association CEO Rick Pollack said effects of the attack “are continuing to be felt throughout the entire health care system.”.

Reuters

UnitedHealth Group said on Thursday a cyberattack at its tech unit, Change Healthcare, was perpetrated by hackers who identified themselves as the …

Inc. Magazine

Change also confirmed Thursday that ransomware group ALPHV, or Blackcat, made the breach. The company didn't respond to a question about whether it …

Axios

Nearly 10 days in, some patients say they can't get much needed medications due to Change Healthcare's outage.

WWLP

A ransomware attack is crippling the healthcare system and leaving some patients waiting for prescriptions.

NTD News

Change Healthcare first acknowledged the attack on Feb. 21. On Thursday, the company said that a ransomware group that called itself ALPHV, or …

CBS News

In a since deleted post, Russian-speaking ransomware group known as Black Hat allegedly stole more than six terabytes of data, including sensitive …