All according to plan.
He's always doing his real father's work. (John 8:44)
Posted on 03/06/2024 10:10:53 AM PST by CFW
WASHINGTON—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, according to two researchers.
Neither UnitedHealth nor the hackers involved have commented on the alleged ransom payment, but a cryptocurrency tracing firm partially corroborated the claim on Monday.
It is not uncommon for large companies that have been victimized by ransomware gangs to decide to pay the hackers to regain control of their networks, especially in instances where a significant disruption to customers and partners occurred.
The forum post, dated Sunday, said a partner of Blackcat was responsible for the intrusion into UnitedHealth. The message, allegedly from the partner, included a link showing that someone had moved about 350 bitcoins, now worth about $23 million as the value of the cryptocurrency rises, from one digital currency wallet to another.
The owner or owners of the respective wallets is not publicly available, but blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs said the destination of the funds was “associated with AlphV,” also known as Blackcat, noting it had seen that address used to collect ransom payments from other AlphV victims.
Asked whether it had paid the ransom, UnitedHealth said only that it was “focused on the investigation and the recovery.”
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Hacker Forum Post Claims UnitedHealth Paid $22 Million Ransom in Bid to Recover Data
Rest assured your medical information and whatever financial data you pass on to your health providers and insurance companies is safe and secure. Right? When my physician's office gives me a form and it asks for my SS number, I leave that spot blank. There is no use assisting the hackers in stealing my idenity.
Right now, drugstores can’t process payments with medicare. Peoe have to pay out of pocket in some instances, or receive smaller amounts of their meds. I went yesterday to get test strips and my druggist asked for $162 out of pocket.
FUNNY how everything worked so well when we were kids.....
Went to doctor-—paid the bill-—
NO RECORDS ANYWHERE OUTSIDE of Doctor’s OFFICE.
AARP...................
“FUNNY how everything worked so well when we were kids.....
Went to doctor-—paid the bill-—
NO RECORDS ANYWHERE OUTSIDE of Doctor’s OFFICE.”
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When helping my mother go through old documents a few years before she passed away, we found the bills for my sister’s treatment for pneumonia when she was just a baby. There were several bills for $2.50 (office visit) and $5.00 (treatment). We told my sister no wonder we were so poor growing up. My folks spent all their income on her medical bills. LOL!
The government has destroyed the health care model that worked so well for decades. ACA took our care out of the hands of us and our doctors and gave it to the government and insurance companies.
Yep.
Obama forced all health care to go to electronic records.
Update...
Get this...
“...That theft on Feb. 21 occurred despite a ransom payment...”
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