Ransomware attack on medical firm Change Healthcare suspected to have resulted in a $22 million Bitcoin payment to the hacker group 'AlphV' or 'BlackCat'. Claims from an alleged associate suggest the group might have cheated on profit-sharing. The attack disrupted pharmacies and delayed prescription deliveries nationwide, and highlights the profit potential of targeting healthcare services.

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Change Healthcare cyberattack outage may last weeks, says UnitedHealth executive. Company establishing provider loan program due to offline insurance claim submission; wider clarity than timeline given since Feb 21 start.

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US healthcare professionals suffer business disruption, revenue loss due to week-long cyberattack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare. Outage forces manual billing, burdens hospitals, pharmacies. Health insurers sever connections to Change Healthcare as caution; health care providers use alternative clearinghouses for insurance submissions. Patients struggle with medication access; while cyberattack impacts insurance processing, causing systemic attack on healthcare sector. Attack traced to ransomware gang ALPHV, targeting US universities, healthcare providers, hotels.

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