Ransomware attack on south-eastern US blood centre disrupts hospitals
A blood centre that supplies blood to 250 hospitals in the south-eastern US was hit by a ransomware attack that knocked its computers offline. Recovery was under way on 6 August 2024, and on 13 August hospitals were still struggling with the aftermath of the attack on the blood centre.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Blood centre computers down and disruption to hospitals it supplies
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It came to light that the computers of a blood centre supplying 250 hospitals in the south-eastern US were down due to a ransomware attack.
- The blood centre was reported to be recovering from the ransomware attack.
- Hospitals were reported to be struggling with the aftermath of the attack on the blood centre.
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