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UnitedHealth CEO admits it paid $22 million ransom to BlackCat
The system that was breached “did not have multifactor authentication.”
After Witty confirmed United will require multifactor authentication companywide going forward, Wyden said it “shouldn’t have taken the worst cyberattack ever in the healthcare sector for an agreement to do this bare minimum.” After the breach was discovered, United shut down the Change Healthcare system for a week, which prevented hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies across the country from getting paid. UnitedHealth manages more than one-third of all patient records in the US and oversees 1 in 10 doctors across the country, according to a letter the American Hospital Association sent to the Department of Health and Human Services in March.
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