US health tech giant Change Healthcare hit by cyberattack | TechCrunch
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Contributed by: Bill Russell
Summary
US healthcare technology company, Change Healthcare, confirms cyberattack causing network interruption. Immediate action taken to prevent further impact. Login pages mostly inaccessible or offline, disruption expected to last all day. Local pharmacies experiencing outages due to the cyberattack, major issues processing prescriptions through patient insurance. Company merged with UnitedHealth Group and Optum in $7.8 billion deal in 2022.
