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In the wake of an attack on Change Healthcare UnitedHealth Group has paid out over $2 billion to help effected health-care providers. Change Healthcare handles prescriptions and billing for more than 67,000 pharmacies in the U.S. A ransomware attack beginning February 21st caused widespread outages to hospitals and pharmacies across the U.S. Change Healthcare took … Read More “UnitedHealth Group HAS PAID OVER $2 BILLION FOLLOWING CYBERATTACK” »
The big news this past week was a ransomware attack against MGM Resorts and Caesar’s Entertainment. The attacks have both been attributed to ALPHV and apparently Caesar’s quickly paid the ransom, (which may have been tens of millions according to bloomberg), while MGM seems to have refused to pay up and is still having issues … Read More “MGM AND CAESARS RANSOMWARE ATTACKS” »
The City of Dallas is currently dealing with a ransomware attack that is affecting multiple departments including the Police. Apparently while their systems are locked down Police and dispatch are having to do their work by hand which is slowing things down, although they are still responding as normal to calls. The City is advising … Read More “CITY OF DALLAS RANSOMWARE ATTACK” »
Norsk Hydro, (one of the world’s largest aluminum producers), has suffered a loss of profits due to a recent cyber attack. Additionally large US cities are struggling with ransomware. Baltimore and Atlanta have both fallen victim recently and they are not alone. These attacks were noteworthy in that they did not target the people but … Read More “NORSK HYDRO AND US CITIES AFFECTED BY RANSOMWARE” »