Updated The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang is reportedly responsible for the massive Change Healthcare cyber attack that has disrupted pharmacies across the US since last week.
Blackcat Ransomware: Why They Attacked Change Health [UPDATE]
According to Reuters, citing "two people familiar with the matter," the notorious ransomware-as-a-service operation was behind the attack on the UnitedHealth-owned business. The registry has not independently confirmed that ALPHV was involved in the breach.
Change Healthcare provides a wide range of IT services for medical facilities, including software that allows pharmacies to verify patient eligibility for medications and determine insurance coverage. Its customers include two of the largest US pharmacies – CVS and Walgreens – both of which have felt the negative effects of the outage. The health tech biz first disclosed the breach on February 21 and pulled the plug on some of its IT systems as a result.
On Friday, the American Pharmacists Association said pharmacies across the country were unable to transfer insurance claims because of the cyberattack.
