UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty was summoned to the White House over the cyberattack the company faced in February. Officials urged Witty to make more emergency funding available to healthcare providers affected by the cyberattack.

Last month, UnitedHealth Group reported that its subsidiary Optum was subjected to a cyberattack causing IT systems and services to go down. Optum Solutions, a UnitedHealth Group company, manages the Change Healthcare platform, a major payment exchange system in the US healthcare network, which was impacted by this attack. The cyberattack was claimed by the BlackCat ransomware group.

dig.watch Optum Solutions suffers cyberattack The outage created issues with billing, claims processing, and nationwide prescription services. 23 Feb 2024

dig.watch Optum Solutions suffers cyberattack The outage created issues with billing, claims processing, and nationwide prescription services. 23 Feb 2024

dig.watch ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims cyberattack on Change Healthcare The gang is saying that it stole 6TB of data in the attack. 29 Feb 2024

dig.watch ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims cyberattack on Change Healthcare The gang is saying that it stole 6TB of data in the attack. 29 Feb 2024,