Ransomware attack has cost UnitedHealth $872 million; total expected to surpass $1 billion
he ransomware attack on a company owned by healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group (UHG) has so far caused $872 million in losses, according to the corporation’s latest earnings report. UnitedHealth owns Change Healthcare, a key cog in the U.S. healthcare industry that was crippled by a ransomware attack in February. Change Healthcare and UHG subsidiary Optum took hundreds of systems offline as a result of the incident and faced criticism from the White House and Congress over its handling of the ransomware attack.
