UnitedHealth Group: Patient data compromised despite paying ransomware

April 23 (UPI) -- Officials for Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group on Monday said the health insurance and services provider paid a ransom to protect patients' data, but many personal files were breached in a recent cyberattack. Cyber criminals targeted subsidiary Change Healthcare in February, and UnitedHealth Group paid an undisclosed ransom amount, corporate officials announced in a news release Monday. The cyberattack compromised the personal healthcare data of many Americans, NBC News and TechCrunch reported. "We know this attack has caused …