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Cyber Insurers, Reinsurers on Alert After Healthcare Ransomware Attack
A substantial disruption in the U.S healthcare system occurred as a result of a February cyber attack on Change Healthcare (CHC), a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group. Change Healthcare, a medical data ...
Hacker Group Claims UnitedHealth Paid $22M Ransom to Recover Data
A post on a hacker forum popular with cybercriminals has claimed UnitedHealth Group paid $22 million in a bid to recover access to data and systems encrypted by the "Blackcat" ransomware gang, ...
Crypto Ransom Attack Payments Hit Record $1B in 2023
Payments from crypto-related ransom attacks nearly doubled to a record $1 billion in 2023, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said on Wednesday. Scammers targeting institutions such as hospitals, ...
Experts Warn Cyber Attacks on Hospitals Set to Increase, Risking Lives
Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children's hospital, and that the U.S. ...
Hack Attack Response: U.S. State Department to Create Cyber Bureau
The U.S. State Department plans to establish a bureau of cyberspace and digital policy in the face of a growing hacking problem, specifically a surge of ransomware attacks on U.S. infrastructure. ...
Cyber Criminals Now Targeting Other Service Providers After Recent Kaseya Attack
A ransomware attack in July that paralyzed as many as 1,500 organizations by compromising tech-management software from a company called Kaseya has set off a race among criminals looking for similar ...
Experts Warn Companies Struck by REvil Ransomware Attack Could Take Weeks to Recover
Computer systems of several companies across the world, including 800 physical grocery stores of Sweden's Coop, that were shut down after attacked by REvil ransomware could take weeks to recover, ...
U.S. Pledges to Boost Pipeline Cyber Protections After Colonial Hack Attack
The Biden administration is working with pipeline companies to strengthen protections against cyberattacks following the Colonial Pipeline hack, with announcements of actions planned in coming days, ...