HHS: 2023 Computer Breach Was 'Targeted Fraud' Not A Cyber Attack

As a key GOP lawmaker Monday (March 25) demanded to know why HHS didn’t tell Congress about a "cyber” breach last year that led to stolen grant money, an HHS spokesperson told Inside Health Policy the agency had contacted the HHS Office of Inspector General and was in “regular communication” with Congress, and said the event was a "targeted fraud campaign against the Payment Management System," not a cyberattack as alleged by Senate health committee ranking Republican Bill Cassidy...