NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain that operates 30 hospitals in six states to divert patients from at least some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals, while putting certain elective procedures on pause, the company announced.
All of its hospitals are continuing to provide medical screenings and stabilizing care to patients arriving at emergency rooms, the company said.
Ransomware criminals do not usually admit to an attack unless the victim refuses to pay.
Education was the sector most likely to be hit, with attack saturation at 80%.
While industries across the spectrum have been hit by ransomware, a recent attack on China’s biggest bank that affected U.S. Treasury trading represented a rare attack on a financial institution.
Persons:
Sophos, Brett Callow, Emsisoft, ”, “, ” “ We’re, ” Callow, Frank Bajak
Organizations:
Ardent Health Services, Ardent, ”, Treasury, Associated Press
Locations:
Tenn, Nashville , Tennessee, Oklahoma , Texas , New Jersey, New Mexico , Idaho, Kansas, U.S, Soviet