Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told Congress Thursday (May 2) that there has been an alarming increase in cyberattacks worldwide. Haines highlighted the growing threat of ransomware attacks, which saw a 74% rise in 2023, CNBC reported Thursday. Speaking at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on global...
UnitedHealth’s CEO said the company is still investigating a security failure behind a massive cyberattack. Testifying before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday (May 1), Andrew Witty said the company has not yet determined why its computer systems were left open to a ransomware gang that...
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty will testify Wednesday (May 1) that hackers broke into its Change Healthcare unit’s systems through the Citrix portal. “On February 12, criminals used compromised credentials to remotely access a Change Healthcare Citrix portal, an application used to enable remote access to desktops,” Witty said in testimony posted...
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty will testify before two Congressional committees Wednesday (May 1), addressing the cyberattack that hit the company’s Change Healthcare unit. The Senate hearing is titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next,” while the House hearing is called “Examining the Change Healthcare Cyberattack.”...
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The Federal Reserve has signaled it will pause rate hikes. In the meantime, the U.S. consumer keeps spending. Economic data released over the past few days underpinned gains in the CE 100 Stock Index, which rallied 4.1% last week, bringing its year-to-date positive return to 24.4%. This might be expected amid the reports that showed […]
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A judicial green light, of sorts, for a multi-billion dollar merger looks poised to cement healthcare’s place in the connected economy — especially when it comes to paying for it...
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Platform stocks, plunging double digits. The Move pillar moving … well, down. In fact, for PYMNTS’ Connected Economy (CE100™) Index, perhaps the only safe haven, at least recently, has been...
May 02, 2024
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told Congress Thursday (May 2) that there has been an alarming increase in cyberattacks worldwide. Haines highlighted the growing threat of ransomware attacks, which saw a 74% rise in 2023, CNBC reported Thursday. Speaking at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on global threats, Haines emphasized the disruptive impact that has been seen in cyberattacks […]
May 01, 2024
UnitedHealth’s CEO said the company is still investigating a security failure behind a massive cyberattack. Testifying before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday (May 1), Andrew Witty said the company has...
April 29, 2024
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty will testify Wednesday (May 1) that hackers broke into its Change Healthcare unit’s systems through the Citrix portal. “On February 12, criminals used compromised credentials to remotely access a Change...
April 29, 2024
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty will testify before two Congressional committees Wednesday (May 1), addressing the cyberattack that hit the company’s Change Healthcare unit. The Senate hearing is titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the...
