UnitedHealth CEO defends insurer after major hack, reveals amount of ransom paid as senators question firm's size

UnitedHealth’s problems are not a threat to the broader economy, the largest US health insurer’s CEO told a Senate panel on Wednesday after senators questioned whether the company’s size could pose a systemic threat.Senators grilled Andrew Witty during the first of two scheduled testimonies in front of Congressional panels on the recent cyberattack on UnitedHealth’s technology unit that impacted almost all patients and providers.“Your company let the country down,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyde ...