{"id":76908,"date":"2024-05-03T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/03\/impact-of-massive-health-care-cyberattack-on-vets-remains-unclear\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:53:14","slug":"impact-of-massive-health-care-cyberattack-on-vets-remains-unclear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/05\/03\/impact-of-massive-health-care-cyberattack-on-vets-remains-unclear\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of massive health care cyberattack on vets remains unclear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House lawmakers want to know how many veterans had personal medical data compromised in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/03\/14\/military-families-see-rising-costs-waits-after-pharmacy-cyberattack\/\" target=\"_blank\">massive cybersecurity attack <\/a>earlier this year against the private firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/04\/08\/military-pharmacies-resume-regular-operations-after-cyberattack\/\" target=\"_blank\">Change Healthcare<\/a>, calling it a potential \u201ccatastrophe\u201d for families across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2024\/02\/23\/more-vets-could-be-headed-to-dod-medical-sites-to-get-va-health-care\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs officials<\/a> and executives at UnitedHealth Group \u2014 which owns Change Healthcare \u2014 have said they do not know if any such private information was stolen in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But corporate leaders have acknowledged that \u201ca substantial proportion of people in America\u201d could have been affected by the breach, and understanding the scope of its impact could take months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Feb. 21 attack disrupted VA and military pharmacy operations along with thousands of civilian medical offices. VA payments to outside medical offices were also temporarily halted.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/04\/08\/military-pharmacies-resume-regular-operations-after-cyberattack\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MTFpharmacy1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Military pharmacies resume regular operations after cyberattack<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military pharmacies no longer have to manually process prescriptions following a February cyberattack that disrupted pharmacy operations around the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During testimony before Congress this week, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said the company\u2019s systems were hacked by outside criminals who stole data and deployed ransomware, crippling operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UnitedHealth officials were forced to pay $22 million in bitcoin to regain control of the system, but are still unsure of the lingering effects of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to Witty on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/management\/leadership\/2023\/11\/14\/va-officials-accused-of-ignoring-sexual-harassment-are-reassigned\/\" target=\"_blank\">House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost<\/a>, R-Ill., said the company\u2019s lack of transparency and poor security is unacceptable, particularly given the amount of veteran and service member data they work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are now other reports of a second, related ransomware group holding stolen data hostage and demanding additional ransom payments,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis bad situation seems to be getting worse. &#8230; While nearly every institution is the target of cyberattacks, your company\u2019s reticence seems to be impeding VA from fully understanding and recovering from this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said that most department operations have resumed as normal following the attack, and that officials \u201care not aware of any adverse impacts on vets care or health outcomes because of the breach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he said he is pressing UnitedHealth officials for more information on lost veterans data and any potential future problems related to the breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we do learn that veterans\u2019 personal information has been compromised, we\u2019ll move quickly to mitigate the impact and provide full support to veterans affected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Change Healthcare has announced plans to offer free credit monitoring to any individuals whose data was compromised. VA officials have also outlined tools to protect veterans against fraud <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/130672\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-change-healthcare-cyber-breach\/\" target=\"_blank\">on their department website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Bost noted in his letter that lawmakers and veterans need to know the full scope of the attack before they can address any lingering problems. 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