UnitedHealthcare corporate headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Photo: Ken Wolter/Shutterstock

Early in the morning of Feb. 21, Change Healthcare, a company unknown to most Americans that plays a huge role in the U.S. health system, issued a brief statement saying some of its applications were "currently unavailable."

By the afternoon, the company described the situation as a "cyber security" problem.

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