Ransomware Attack Targets U.S. Healthcare Payment Processor In ‘Most Serious Incident Of Its Kind’

Ransomware Attack Targets U.S. Healthcare Payment Processor In 'Most Serious Incident Of Its Kind'

The CEO of the American Hospital Association, Rick Pollack, stated on Thursday night that the…

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OAN’s Brooke Mallory

The CEO of the American Hospital Association, Rick Pollack, stated on Thursday night that the aftermath of a recent ransomware attack on the nation’s biggest health care payment processor is “the most serious incident of its kind leveled against a U.S. health care organization.”

A widely used program that helps healthcare professionals handle insurance claims and patient payments has been rendered useless by the attack on Change Healthcare. As a standard countermeasure, the corporation has taken the majority of its systems offline to stop the attack from spreading.

“Nine days into the attack on Change Healthcare, a health care technology company that is part of Optum and owned by UnitedHealth Group, effects are continuing to be felt throughout the entire health care system,” Pollack said in a news release. The American Hospital Association is the country’s largest healthcare industry group.

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