"Cyberattacks Disrupt Healthcare Services in Multiple US Regions"
TL;DR Summary
A cyberattack on Change Healthcare, impacting prescription refills at pharmacies nationwide, has left hospitals and pharmacies unable to process prescriptions, with the outage expected to last through Friday. UnitedHealth suspects a foreign government was behind the attack and has disconnected its Change Healthcare systems. Concerns about the impact on patients needing timely medications and the need for increased vigilance in cybersecurity have been raised, while CVS states there is no indication their systems have been compromised.
- Cyberattack affecting prescription refills across Chicagoland WGN TV Chicago
- Cyberattack leaves patients facing the choice to pay – or wait for their prescriptions CNN
- Law professor fears cyberattacks will 'increase, continue' in wake of pharmacy, AT&T outages Fox Business
- UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage BleepingComputer
- Cyberattack impacts pharmacies across Vermont VTDigger
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
1
Time Saved
1 min
vs 2 min read
Condensed
76%
314 → 76 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on WGN TV Chicago