UnitedHealth Group chief executive officer Andrew Witty told senators on Wednesday that the company has now enabled multi-factor authentication on all the company’s systems exposed to the internet […]
Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO
The ransomware gang that hacked into U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare used a set of stolen credentials to remotely access the company’s systems that weren’t protected by […]
Health insurance giant Kaiser notifies millions of a data breach
U.S. health conglomerate Kaiser is notifying millions of its members of a data breach earlier this month. In a legally required notice filed with the U.S. government on […]
UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’
Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare earlier this year resulted in a huge theft of Americans’ […]
Lawmakers vote to reauthorize US spying law that critics say expands government surveillance
Lawmakers passed legislation early Saturday reauthorizing and expanding a controversial U.S. surveillance law shortly after the powers expired at midnight, rejecting opposition by privacy advocates and lawmakers. The […]
Hackers are threatening to publish a huge stolen sanctions and financial crimes watchlist
A financially motivated hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and […]
Palo Alto Networks’ firewall bug under attack brings fresh havoc to thousands of companies
Palo Alto Networks urged companies this week to patch against a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in one of its widely used security products, after malicious hackers began exploiting […]
Omni Hotels says customers’ personal data stolen in ransomware attack
Hotel chain giant Omni Hotels & Resorts has confirmed cybercriminals stole the personal information of its customers in an apparent ransomware attack last month. In an update on […]
A ransomware gang is leaking Change Healthcare’s stolen patient data
An extortion group has published a portion of what it says are the private and sensitive patient records on millions of Americans stolen during the ransomware attack on […]
Change Healthcare stolen patient data leaked by ransomware gang
An extortion group has published a portion of what it says are the private and sensitive patient records on millions of Americans stolen during the ransomware attack on […]