Georgia Hospital Under Cyberattack Unable to Access Record System
A ransomware attack on a prominent hospital in southwest Georgia knocked out access to the electronic health record system.
Memorial Hospital and Manor in the town of Bainbridge posted an urgent message on Sunday warning patients that the hospital’s IT team had discovered a ransomware attack the morning before when employees found notifications from the virus protection software.
“This impacts access to our Electronic Health Record system. While we believe this issue will not impact either the level or the quality of care we provide to our patients, we want to be fully transparent regarding this situation,” the hospital said.
The attack was claimed on Tuesday by the Embargo ransomware gang, which is trying to extort a ransom out of the hospital by threatening to leak 1.15 terabytes of purportedly stolen data by November 8.