Posted on 02/23/2024 3:43:51 AM PST by NautiNurse
Pharmacies across the United States are reporting that they are having difficulty getting prescriptions to patients because of a cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth.
The company said in a regulatory filing Thursday its Change Healthcare business, which processes prescriptions to insurance for tens of thousands of pharmacies nationwide, was compromised by hackers who gained access to some of its systems. The company became aware of the cyberattack Wednesday, and, in a separate statement, said it expected the attack to last at least throughout the day Thursday.
The cyberattack prevented some pharmacies from processing prescriptions to insurance companies to receive payment.
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“This outage is impacting dispensing of pharmacy prescriptions – resulting in delays in processing and in some cases, inability to process,” the hospital said. “Refills have also been impacted.”
GoodRX, which offers discounts on prescriptions. also said its services were disrupted.
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“UnitedHealth Group identified a suspected nation-state associated cyber security threat actor had gained access to some of the Change Healthcare information technology systems,” the company said. “Immediately upon detection of this outside threat, the company proactively isolated the impacted systems from other connecting systems in the interest of protecting our partners and patients, to contain, assess and remediate the incident.”
Companies are required to report cyberattacks to investors via the SEC, and it’s probable that UnitedHealth doesn’t yet know what – or who – caused the attack. The hack would be unusual for a nation-state-sponsored attack, because it more closely resembles ransomware attacks that have caused chaos across America’s hospitals and health care networks over the past several years.
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Good info.
And guess who appears to be experiencing some connectivity issues...
https://status.changehealthcare.com/incidents/hqpjz25fn3n7
And is it just me, or do all their updates say the same freaking thing?!
Thanks for the thread and the heads up.
I work for a large Healthcare System in SC. We’ve been notified of this cyberattack w Change Healthcare and Optum. Our IT sent out notification that we are disconnecting from them till resolved.
Looks like I refilled my Prozac just in time.
Cyberattack temporarily shuts down UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare
...Change Healthcare’s technology helps process 15 billion patient payments annually and is associated with one-third of all U.S. patient records.....
Experienced this on Wednesday trying to get prescriptions filled. They told me to come back ťoday
Expect a lot more attacks and worse as the Biden occupation allows more and more Chinese military, spies, hackers to enter the country 100% illegally.
That will put a wrinkle into prescription refills.
Yes! This is a big deal. It’s going to cause issues with Healthcare providers till it’s resolved. Everything is electronic now. From drs orders to providing meds and even billing is affected. Seems they are trying to keep it hush hush, but it’s a really big deal.
And it’s not just about getting scrips filled..
That attack was done for a reason.
Who did it and why...
UHC is in bed with AARP.
When your enemies have control of the goods they have control of you
Maybe this cyberattack was a trial run.
I got a critical refill in time as well.
My wife got a notice the other day that he data may have been compromised - from a LLC that “provides services” to a local hospital. They say the attack occurred over 2 years ago and they’re just now getting to notifying folks... they need to be jailed...
little to no problem buying street drugs.
It’s time we got harsh with these disruptors...real harsh.
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