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03/06/2024

Hackers claim Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group paid $22M ransom for patient, employee data, reports say

KSTP-TV

New reports claim the Minnetonka-based health insurer UnitedHealth Group may have paid millions of dollars to hackers after a cyberattack two weeks ago.

The hack left some hospitals, doctor’s offices and pharmacies paralyzed.

Thousands of mostly smaller pharmacies reported facing major disruptions in filing prescription orders and verifying insurance coverage, although those appear to have eased.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS spoke to some locals in the metro area who said they did not have any issues filling their prescriptions at a local Cub Foods pharmacy Tuesday morning.

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