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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care owner targeted by ransomware cyberattack

The company that owns Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and other major health insurance plans is responding to a ransomware attack. Point32Health released a statement stating that their staff identified a cybersecurity breach on April 17, impacting the systems used to connect to members, accounts, brokers and providers.According to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, cybercriminals will hold systems or data hostage until a ransom is paid for a decryption key, denying access and sometimes threatening to publish or sell the data. While the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care system is offline, Point32Health says medical care services will be covered as…