A Mississippi women's health clinic has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group alleging the disruption in claims processing caused by the cyberattack on the company's Change Healthcare unit and the resulting IT outage is threatening to push the practice into bankruptcy.
Facebook's attempt to navigate European privacy regulations by giving users a fee-based opt-out from behavioral advertising triggered backlash from more than a dozen European politicians who accused the social media giant of treating human rights as a commodity.
In the latest weekly update, Grant Schneider of Venable LLP joined three ISMG editors to discuss the future of U.S. federal cybersecurity and privacy legislation, AI integration and recent CISA developments - all set against a backdrop of political complexities.
Healthcare sector organizations need to focus their attention on meeting the "voluntary" essential and enhanced cybersecurity performance goals set out by federal regulators before they become potential mandates, said Kate Pierce, virtual information security officer at Fortified Heath Security.
The Spanish High Court on Monday sided with the country's data regulator, the Spanish Data Protection Agency, to uphold a three-month ban on OpenAI founder Sam Altman's controversial digital identity and cryptocurrency platform Worldcoin due to privacy concerns.
The Change Healthcare attack is already providing valuable lessons to healthcare firms - mostly about the importance of resilience, especially when it comes the industry's supply chain and third parties, said Nitin Natarajan, deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
UnitedHealth Group expects some key IT systems and services affected by the recent cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit to regain functionality over the next week to 10 days. Certain pharmacy services are already restored. But the American Medical Association is not impressed.
A last-ditch attempt by British lawmakers to amend a bill expanding electronic communication interception by the U.K. authorities failed despite concerns over pervasive surveillance. The proposal would authorize interception of bulk personal datasets with "limited or no expectation of privacy."
As the fallout continues in the Change Healthcare IT outage, the U.S. healthcare ecosystem is anticipating the next bombs to drop in what's shaping up to be the worst cyberattack the sector has experienced so far. What should entities be considering as they push forward in the recovery?
The administrators of the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service group claim law enforcement has shut down their operation. But experts and affiliates accuse the group's leadership of running an exit scam on the heels of a $22 million ransom payment by a recent victim - Optum's Change Healthcare unit.
Privacy groups are urging European lawmakers finalizing the global treaty on artificial intelligence to tighten rules surrounding the use of AI by the private sector and states. Lawmakers and other country representatives are set to meet for final negotiations on the treaty on March 11.
Two weeks into a major cyberattack-induced outage at its Change Healthcare business, UnitedHealth Group is offering short-term financial aid to some healthcare providers whose cash flows may be running short because of the disruption in insurance payments. But not everyone is impressed.
The Change Healthcare mega hack has taken nearly 120 of the company's IT products and services offline since Feb. 21, and that cyber disruption is having serious, widespread impact on the entire healthcare industry including major players, said attorney Sara Goldstein of the law firm BakerHostetler.
Ransomware group Rhysida is offering to sell "exclusive data" stolen from a Chicago children's hospital for $3.4 million on the dark web, while the hospital is still struggling to recover its IT systems, including its electronic health records and patient portal, one month after the attack.
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to sign Wednesday an executive order aimed at preventing the large-scale transfer of Americans' sensitive personal data to countries including China. The order will set off a rule-making process spearheaded by the Department of Justice.
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