Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's parent organization Point32Health said a cyberattack that began in March exposed patient and provider personal information, CBS News reports. Information accessed from 28 March to 3 April included personally identifiable information. Harvard Pilgrim said it is "taking steps to implement additional data security enhancements and safeguards to better protect against similar events in the future."
Harvard Pilgrim breach exposed patient, provider data
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