CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago children's hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified digital attack, limiting access to medical records and hampering communication by phone or email since the middle of last week.
Lurie Children's Hospital initially described the issue Wednesday as a network outage.
On Thursday, officials released public statements saying the hospital had taken its networks offline as part of its response to a “cybersecurity matter."
Health care providers aren't alone; state courts, county or state governments and schools all have struggled to recover from cyber-based attacks.
Chicago-area pediatrician practices that work with the hospital also have reported being unable to access digital medical records because of the attack.
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