HHS to Probe Change Healthcare Attack

As the after effects of the Change Healthcare ransomware attack continue to spread, hamstringing providers, pharmacies, and hospitals across the United States, the federal government is now getting involved, opening an investigation into the incident and whether protected health information was compromised.

In late February, Change Heathcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, disclosed a ransomware attack that affected a wide swath of its internal systems. The company was forced to take many of those systems offline, which has had ripple …

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