UNH - UnitedHealth Cyberattack Prompts Urgent Government Action: Investigation Underway | Benzinga
On Wednesday, in response to the recent cyberattack affecting UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE:UNH) Change Healthcare and numerous other entities within the healthcare sector, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a crucial advisory.
The U.S. agency has opened an investigation into the cyber-attack, which disrupted critical health care and billing operations nationwide.
“Given the unprecedented magnitude of this cyberattack, and in the best interest of patients and health care providers, OCR is initiating an investigation into this incident. OCR’s investigation of Change Healthcare and UHG will focus on whether a breach of protected health information occurred and Change Healthcare’s ...