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HHS steps in after cyberattack on Change Healthcare prompts ransom payment fears

US Department of Health and Human Services
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Julie DiMauro

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Change Healthcare struggled to bring services back online amid a cyberattack that has disrupted prescription drug services nationwide for weeks.

The cyber disruption affected thousands of pharmacies and providers across the US, which have implemented workarounds to service patients.

There are indications that the US healthcare giant has made a $22m extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group, cyber experts have said. (BlackCat is also referred to as “ALPHV”.)

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