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Change Helathcare hackers took advantage of Citrix vulnerability to break in, CEO says

  • Hackers took advantage of a vulnerability in a Citrix remote desktop access product to break into Change Healthcare's IT systems.
  • The CEO of UnitedHealth, Change Healthcare's parent company, revealed this information ahead of his testimony in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
  • The attackers used a compromised username/password combination to access the company's Citrix portal, which did not have multi-factor authentication (MFA) at the time.
  • ALPHV, a notorious ransomware-as-a-service vendor, breached Change Healthcare, stole sensitive customer data, and demanded $22 million in cryptocurrency as ransom.

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