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**Ransomware** Group BlackCat Extorts $22 Million from Change Healthcare, Fails to Destroy Data: Chaos Ensues

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Atlanta, Georgia: Change Healthcare, a major U.S. healthcare company, is facing a $22 million extortion payment to the BlackCat ransomware group amid a cyberattack that has disrupted prescription drug services across the nation. Reports suggest that BlackCat may not have held up their end of the deal, as they failed to pay a share of the ransom to the cybercriminal who claims to have provided access to Change Healthcare’s network, resulting in sensitive data still …

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Cyberattack by Blackcat Group Causes Healthcare Payment Chaos: UnitedHealth’s Troubles Continue

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Minneapolis, Minnesota – UnitedHealth, a major health insurance provider, has recently disclosed that the Blackcat group is responsible for a cyber attack that has significantly impacted healthcare providers across the United States. The attack, which initiated a week-long outage of the Change Healthcare system, has caused disruptions in payments at various medical facilities, clinics, and pharmacies nationwide. Change Healthcare, acting as an intermediary between healthcare providers and insurance companies, experienced suspicious activity in its IT …

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