Marylanders urged to apply for free identity protection after major health data breach

Marylanders should assume that their personal health care information was included in a recent wide-reaching data breach and should take steps to protect their identity and health information as a precaution, the attorney general’s office said Thursday. Change Healthcare, the nation’s biggest electronic data clearinghouse and a unit of UnitedHealth, was the victim of a ransomware attack in February that “interrupted operations for thousands of doctor’s offices, hospitals and pharmacies,” according to the press release.