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A cyberattack has disrupted “clinical operations” at major health care nonprofit Ascension, forcing it to take steps to minimize any impact to patient care, an Ascension spokesperson told CNN on Wednesday.
“There has been a disruption to clinical operations, and we continue to assess the impact and duration of the disruption,” said the
statement from Ascension, a health system that includes 140 hospitals and 40 senior living facilities in 19 states. Ascension recommended that its health care clients temporarily cut off network connections to Ascension as the incident is being addressed, according to the statement.
The nonprofit “detected unusual activity” on some of its computer systems on Wednesday, prompting an investigation and notification to the “appropriate authorities,” the Ascension spokesperson said in an emailed statement. Ascension has “initiated procedures to ensure patient care delivery continues to be safe and as minimally impacted as possible,” the spokesperson said.
and basically nonexistent. They prolly think its cheaper to send out letters, offer credit monitoring services and settle a class action than it is to have a real cybersecurity department fully staffed
