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MAY 2, 2024

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty testified on May 1 before both the House and Senate about the seismic February 21 cyberattack of UHG subsidiary Change Healthcare, which was infiltrated by the ALPHV ransomware gang. His testimony offered a glimpse into the technical side of the attack and, and UHG's incident response.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to a survey by Sophos , 66% of healthcare organizations report experiencing a ransomware attack in 2021. But, the good news is that there are simple ways we can prevent errors and misuse of company information. This type of cyberattack denies users access to files on their computers.

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APRIL 21, 2022

If you watch the news consistently, it probably feels like a breach occurs every day. Table of Contents General Statistics The Cost of Poor Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Changes During Covid-19 Rate of Cyber Crime Industry-Specific Cybersecurity Statistics Healthcare Government Type of Breach Statistics Ransomware Phishing Malware Conclusion.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

For the scope of this blog, an insider threat is a person in the healthcare organization who has access to electronic PHI, or ePHI, and uses this information to negatively impact the healthcare provider. Some incidents in the past involved millions of healthcare records affecting thousands of people.

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