US prescription market hamstrung for 9 days (so far) by ransomware attack
RX CHAOS —
Patients having trouble getting lifesaving meds have the AlphV crime group to thank.
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Nine days after a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate took down the biggest US health care payment processor, pharmacies, health care providers, and patients were still scrambling to fill prescriptions for medicines, many of which are lifesaving.
On Thursday, UnitedHealth Group accused a notorious ransomware gang known both as AlphV and Black Cat of hacking its subsidiary Optum. Optu...
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