UnitedHealth Group Inc. News

UnitedHealth Hack Put Data of One in Three Americans at Risk

UnitedHealth Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty told lawmakers his company is still trying to determine why its computer systems were left vulnerable to hackers who perpetrated a devastating cyberattack. Lawmakers zeroed in on lax defenses during more than …

UnitedHealth Data Leak May Affect ‘Substantial’ Swath of U.S.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. found files containing private information on a vast number of Americans whose data may have been compromised in a February cyberattack that upended the US health system. A sample of the breached files found they contain personal …

US Health Regulators Open Probe in UnitedHealth Cyberattack

US health authorities are investigating whether the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s Change Healthcare unit involved a breach of personal health information. The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights opened the probe into the company’s compliance …

Cancer Clinics Face Cash Crunch After Hack Rocks US Health Care

Doctors across the US are stretching to keep their practices afloat as a debilitating cyberattack on a once little-known company at the center of the health-care system continues to cause havoc. The Feb. 21 attack against Change Healthcare, a subsidiary …

UnitedHealth Outlines Timeline for Restoring Services After Hack

UnitedHealth Group Inc. services are starting to be restored more than two weeks after a cyberattack on its Change Healthcare subsidiary snarled the US health system. Some parts of the network that handle payments and medical claims will come back …