Five Backup Lessons Learned From The Unitedhealth Ransomware Attack
HelpNet Security, Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth earlier this year is quickly becoming the healthcare industry's version of Colonial Pipeline, prompting congressional testimony, lawmaker scrutiny and potential legislation. 
Over the past few months, there have been two congressional hearings on the attack - one in the Senate, followed by one in the House - as well as calls from multiple senators for investigations into how the government responded to the incident, not to mention the criticism against UnitedHealth's CISO, Steven Martin, who joined the company in June 2023.
After paying a ransom of $22 million to prevent the leak of stolen data, UnitedHealth had to perform a complete rebuild on its systems, even after decrypting files.