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MGM Resorts Sues FTC to Stop Investigation of Casino Hack

MGM Resorts International sued the Federal Trade Commission to stop an investigation into how it dealt with a cybersecurity attack last year. The company said the investigation deprives it of its fundamental due process rights and that FTC Chair Lina …

US Cyber Agency Warns of Compromise at Sisense Data Firm

The US lead agency for federal cybersecurity is warning that Sisense Inc., a data analytics company, has suffered a compromise that could expose customer credentials and cryptographic secrets. Sisense provides AI-driven analytics to thousands of customers, according to the company’s …

Hackers Claim to Have UnitedHealth’s Stolen Data – But Is It a Bluff?

A freshly formed hacking gang claims to have won access to a massive stash of data stolen from UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer, but with little evidence to go on it is not clear whether they are telling …

UnitedHealth Offers Over $3.3B in Loans to Providers Hit by Cyberattack on Unit

UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday it has advanced more than $3.3 billion in loans to care providers impacted by a cyberattack on the U.S. healthcare conglomerate’s tech unit last month. Earlier this month, UnitedHealth launched a temporary funding program for …

UnitedHealth Unit Will Start Processing $14B Medical Claims Backlog After Hack

UnitedHealth Group said on Friday its Change Healthcare unit will start to process the medical claims backlog of more than $14 billion as it resumes some software services disrupted by a cyberattack last month. The company has been scrambling to …

US Warns That Hackers Are Carrying Out Disruptive Attacks on Water Systems

The U.S. government is warning state governors that foreign hackers are carrying out disruptive cyberattacks against water and sewage systems throughout the country. In a letter released Tuesday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan …

UnitedHealth Unit Change Healthcare’s Pharmacy Network Back Online

UnitedHealth Group said Wednesday evening that its unit Change Healthcare’s pharmacy network was back online, weeks after a cyberattack had a knock-on effect across the country’s healthcare system that depends heavily on insurance. Change Healthcare processes about 50% of medical …

Cancer Clinics Face Cash Crunch After Hack Rocks US Health Care

Doctors across the US are stretching to keep their practices afloat as a debilitating cyberattack on a once little-known company at the center of the health-care system continues to cause havoc. The Feb. 21 attack against Change Healthcare, a subsidiary …

Microsoft Warns Russian Hackers Still Trying to Break Into its Systems

Microsoft said on Friday that hackers linked to Russia’s foreign intelligence were trying again to break into its systems, using data stolen from corporate emails in January to gain new access to the tech giant whose products are widely used …

‘Exit Scam’ – Hackers That Hit UnitedHealth Pull Disappearing Act

The hackers responsible for the breach at UnitedHealth Group appear to have pulled a disappearing act on Tuesday, leaving their cybercriminal associates in the lurch and replacing their old website with a bogus statement from law enforcement. The U.S. insurer …