# UnitedHealth CEO: 'Decision to pay ransom was mine' • The Register

<https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/30/unitedhealth_ceo_ransom/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Some background info on the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, including the CEO owning and disclosing that they did pay $22 million in ransom.

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