UnitedHealth's CEO said in congressional testimony that the portal used by the hackers to break into Change Healthcare was not protected with a basic security feature.
Kaiser, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States, said it was notifying 13.4 million members of a data breach earlier in April.
The health tech giant processes 15 billion health transactions a year, and handles health information for about half of all Americans.
House and Senate lawmakers passed a bill reauthorizing the controversial Section 702 powers under FISA, which allows U.S. spy agencies to conduct warrantless searches of Americans' communications.
The hackers say they have stolen 5.3 million records from the World-Check database, used by companies and banks for screening potential customers.
Organizations are urged to patch their Palo Alto firewalls after researchers discover evidence of malicious exploitation dating back to late March.
A ransomware gang called Daixin has taken credit for the breach, and claimed to steal millions of customer records dating back to 2017.
This is the second group to demand a ransom payment from Change Healthcare to prevent the release of stolen patient data in as many months.
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The U.S. cybersecurity agency said it was responding to a "recent compromise" at the data analytics giant, which provides business intelligence to critical infrastructure companies.
Targus' parent company, B. Riley Financial, said it discovered "a threat actor gained unauthorized access to certain of Targus’ file systems."
It's the first time the United Kingdom has attributed the massive breach of millions of citizens' voter data since the cyberattack was first disclosed in 2023.
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American health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare, which continues to disrupt hospitals and pharmacies across the Uni
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An ongoing cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare that sparked outages and disruption to hospitals and pharmacies across the U.S. for the past week was caused by ransomware, TechCrunc
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