{"id":23378,"date":"2025-04-14T19:17:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=819729"},"modified":"2025-04-14T19:17:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:17:05","slug":"ransomware-hits-davita-kidney-care-provider-serving-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/ransomware-hits-davita-kidney-care-provider-serving-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware Hits DaVita, Kidney Care Provider Serving Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DaVita-logo-Denver-headquarters-AdobeStock-580x387.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DaVita-logo-Denver-headquarters-AdobeStock-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/national\/2025\/04\/14\/819729.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/national\/2025\/04\/14\/819729.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p class=\"bloomberg\">DaVita Inc. said it has been impacted by ransomware that had locked down parts of its network.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which specializes in providing kidney dialysis to patients at more than 700 hospitals in the US, said in a statement Monday to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that the incident was impacting some of its operations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-topics=\"cyber\" data-revive-companies data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>DaVita said it was working with law enforcement and cybersecurity specialists to recover but didn\u2019t provide a timeline on how long it would take to resolve the disruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon discovery, we activated our response protocols and implemented containment measures, including proactively isolating impacted systems,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>DaVita representatives didn\u2019t immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Ransomware is a kind of malicious software deployed by hackers to lock access to files stored on computers by encrypting them. The hackers usually demand payment for a key to unlock the computers, while threatening to publish stolen data online.<\/p>\n<p>Companies and organizations in the health sector have been repeatedly targeted in ransomware attacks, which have sometimes forced postponements to patient treatments and inflicted harms as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a ransomware hack on UnitedHealth Group Inc.\u2019s Change Healthcare disrupted a system that processes billing and insurance for hundreds of thousands of hospitals and pharmacies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"copyright-notice quiet\">Copyright 2025 Bloomberg.<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagtag\"> <span class=\"tagtag\">Topics<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/cyber\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\">Cyber<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll\" data-post=\"819729\">\n<div class=\"article-poll-vote\">\n<p>Was this article valuable?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll-feedback voted-no\">\n<form class=\"feedback-form\">\n<p>Thank you! 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