https://www.wsj.com/articles/smaller-medical-providers-get-burned-by-ransomware-11570366801
By Adam Janofsky
The Wall Street Journal
October 6, 2019
Andy Fitzgerald, chief executive of a community health system in Wyoming,
was visiting his son in Georgia last month when he received a distressing
text message from his chief operating officer: Their company had been hit
by a cyberattack.
Hackers had locked up sensitive patient information and medical devices at
Campbell County Health and demanded a ransom.
“My initial thought was, ‘Oh crap,’” said Mr. Fitzgerald, who declined to
say whether he paid the demand.
In the days after the attack, the health system, which operates a 90-bed
community hospital and other facilities, was forced to cancel services
including radiology, endocrinology and respiratory therapy. The
organization transferred patients to hospitals as far away as South Dakota
and Denver. Cash registers, email and fax were unavailable. Doctors had to
resort to pen and paper to document medical conditions, and with
prescription records inaccessible, patients were asked to bring medication
bottles to visits.
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