The Department of Veterans Affairs is “not aware of any adverse impacts” on patients’ care stemming from the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare but has still notified more than 15 million veterans and their families to alert them about the breach, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said on Thursday.
During his monthly press conference, McDonough said Change Healthcare — the largest healthcare payment system in the country — reported this week that “a substantial portion of the people in America” could have had their personal data leaked as a result of the ransomware attack that affected hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S.
