UnitedHealth Top Executive Slammed Over Cyberattack.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- ABELSON, REED; WEILAND, NOAH
- Source
- New York Times. 5/2/2024, Vol. 173 Issue 60142, pB1-B5. 2p.
- Subject
- *CYBERTERRORISM
*PHARMACY benefit management
*REPUBLICANS
*DEMOCRATS (United States)
- Language
- ISSN
- 0362-4331
The article reports on the highlights of the U.S. Senate hearing held on May 1, 2024 regarding the cyberattack of Change Healthcare, which manages a third of all U.S patient records. Cited are the criticism by lawmakers of the way UnitedHealth Group handled the cyberattack that paralyzed the country's health care system and the potential disclosure of sensitive medical information, and the testimony given by UnitedHealth chief executive officer (CEO) Andrew Witty at the hearing.