Optum

The Optum incident exemplifies the risks of consolidating healthcare systems, where a cyberattack paralyzed medical billing and authorization services, resulting in patients experiencing delays in medical procedures and lack of access to prescription medications. Medical service providers could not bill insurance, leading to financial strain, missed salary payments, and some cases of severe financial difficulties. With a single point of failure due to consolidated services, a large portion of health systems and patient care became vulnerable to cyber threats.

Source: https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/cybersecurity/blog/55129085/when-it-comes-to-cybersecurity-could-health-system-consolidation-hurt-patients

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/optum

"id": "opt001102824",
"linkid": "optum",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "7/2024",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"

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                        'name': 'Optum',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'description': 'The Optum incident exemplifies the risks of consolidating '
                'healthcare systems, where a cyberattack paralyzed medical '
                'billing and authorization services, resulting in patients '
                'experiencing delays in medical procedures and lack of access '
                'to prescription medications. Medical service providers could '
                'not bill insurance, leading to financial strain, missed '
                'salary payments, and some cases of severe financial '
                'difficulties. With a single point of failure due to '
                'consolidated services, a large portion of health systems and '
                'patient care became vulnerable to cyber threats.',
 'impact': {'financial_loss': ['financial strain',
                               'missed salary payments',
                               'severe financial difficulties'],
            'operational_impact': ['delays in medical procedures',
                                   'lack of access to prescription '
                                   'medications'],
            'systems_affected': ['medical billing services',
                                 'authorization services']},
 'title': 'Optum Cyber Incident'}