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Prognosis For Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Dire
Security & Fraud // April 06, 2017

On Wednesday (April 5), Terence Rice, VP and chief information security officer at Merck & Co., told the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that healthcare cybersecurity still has a long way to go. “Cybersecurity in the healthcare...

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UnitedHealthcare’s Change Healthcare Cyberattack Spills Over to Pharmacies

February 22, 2024
A cyberattack on Change Healthcare has reportedly affected a number of pharmacies. The UnitedHealthcare-owned company reported the “network interruption” Wednesday (Feb. 22), and said in a Thursday (Feb. 22) update that the problem was still underway. “Once we became aware of the outside threat, in the interest of protecting our partners and patients, we took immediate action […]

Prognosis For Healthcare Cybersecurity Is Dire

April 06, 2017
On Wednesday (April 5), Terence Rice, VP and chief information security officer at Merck & Co., told the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Energy and...