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UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hacked by nation state, as pharmacy outages drag on

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Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that compromised its subsidiary Change Healthcare. The company believes the attack was carried out by nation-state hackers, but did not provide details on the specific country or government involved. Change Healthcare handles patient billing across the US healthcare system and processes billions of healthcare transactions annually. As a result of the attack, pharmacies are now facing difficulties in fulfilling prescriptions through patients' insurance, exacerbating the impact on the healthcare sector. UnitedHealth Group has enlisted the help of cybersecurity experts and law enforcement agencies to investigate the incident.