After an unprecedented ransomware attack, Change Healthcare has resumed its medical billing services after nine months of disruption. The attack impacted providers’ cash flows, threatened care access, and leaked sensitive data on the dark web. This, the largest health data breach in history, compromised the personal health data of nearly one-third of Americans. Investigations into whether Change Healthcare and parent company UnitedHealth Group violated any patient privacy laws are ongoing.
Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door
GruesomeLarch, an advanced persistent threat group, compromised several account passwords on a web service platform using credential-stuffing attacks. However, two-factor authentication prevented actual account breaches.
