India, Feb. 23 -- American Hospital Association or AHA urged healthcare facilities across the United States to disconnect from Change Healthcare, affiliated to insurer UnitedHealth Group, after the healthcare technology firm was hit by a cybersecurity attack.
Change Healthcare said in a statement that a number of its systems and services were affected by the cyber security issue since Wednesday, February 21.
In a regulatory filing on Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said the issues were caused by a suspected nation-state associated cybersecurity threat actor.
Change Healthcare, which provides prescription processing services, was acquired in 2022 and is now part of UnitedHealth's Optum. They provide ...