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UnitedHealth's 'egregious negligence' led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection

ID: 7e08af94-fb07-50dd-b31d-fb8b7f697c18

STIX ID: report--7e08af94-fb07-50dd-b31d-fb8b7f697c18

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2024-05-08

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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The article summarizes an ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware attack against Change Healthcare (part of UnitedHealth) that used stolen credentials to access an unprotected Citrix portal, disrupted hospital and pharmacy billing/prescription services, resulted in exfiltration of protected health data, and led to a reported $22 million ransom payment and subsequent leaking/extortion of stolen data.

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