Change Healthcare: Pharmacies nationwide report outages in wake of cyberattacks
Change Healthcare reported the issues due to a cyberattack which is causing havoc for patients attempting to fill prescriptions.
Pharmacies all over the country are experiencing delays in prescription orders due to a cyberattack on one of the biggest healthcare technology companies in the nation, Change Healthcare.
Change Healthcare first noticed the “cyber security issue” affecting its networks on Wednesday morning on the East Coast.
It comes amid a major cell outage which has affected millions of customersacross the country, crippling 911 services and leaving customers without reception on the biggest networks. That outage may have been caused by “human error“, according to one expert, but a “solar flare” has also been cited as a possible explanation for the cell problems.
But Change Healthcare are in no doubt the problems facing their systems have been caused by a cyber attack. In a statement, Change Healthcare said: “Change Healthcare is experiencing a network interruption related to a cyber security issue and our experts are working to address the matter. Once we became aware of the outside threat, in the interest of protecting our partners and patients, we took immediate action to disconnect our systems to prevent further impact,”
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Source: https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/128760/cyberattack-health-care-tech-company-causes-prescription-delays-across-us