The UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG) subsidiary Optum, which runs the Change Healthcare platform, was the target of a ransomware attack in late February. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is looking into whether or not protected health information was taken in that incident.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of HHS is in charge of overseeing this inquiry. OCR is responsible for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, which guard against the disclosure of patients’ health information without their knowledge or agreement.
Change Healthcare’s systems and services were shut down due to a cyberattack by “nation-state” hackers, which was later connected to the BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware gang, according to a statement released by UnitedHealth Group in late February read more US govt probes if ransomware gang stole Change Healthcare data.
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