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Major hospital system hit with cyberattack, potentially largest in U.S. history
Computer systems for Universal Health Services, which has more than 400 locations, primarily in the U.S., began to fail over the weekend.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/cyberattack-hits-major-u-s-hospital-system-n1241254
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A major hospital chain has been hit by what appears to be one of the largest medical cyberattacks in United States history.
Computer systems for Universal Health Services, which has more than 400 locations, primarily in the U.S., began to fail over the weekend, and some hospitals have had to resort to filing patient information with pen and paper, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.
Universal Health Services did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but posted a statement to its website that its company-wide network is currently offline, due to an IT security issue. One person familiar with the companys response efforts who was not authorized to speak to the press said that the attack looks and smells like ransomware.
msongs
(67,360 posts)jpak
(41,756 posts)Hmmmm
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Hmm indeed
woodsprite
(11,904 posts)StClone
(11,682 posts)Hmmmm
Cha
(296,834 posts)leftieNanner
(15,062 posts)As to who? My guess is his first name begins with Vlad and his last name ends with utin.
Remember that Peter Strock (sp) told Rachel recently that the Russians held back some of their "capabilities" in 2016 because they weren't needed. Scary stuff. They have also been stalking our infrastructure and our power grid.
Cha
(296,834 posts)& "Putin"/and or trump maggots.
However not very good to have on ones resume while a FAKE "president" to have the Hospital System Broken Down.
woodsprite
(11,904 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,311 posts)rzemanfl
(29,554 posts)bdamomma
(63,799 posts)of course. Our health history is being compromised too.