Ransomware forces New York Blood Center to shut systems, cancel appointments
The New York Blood Center in the US discovered a ransomware attack on 26 January 2025 and shut down some systems to contain it. Its affiliated organisations were also affected, and it activated workaround procedures to process blood supply orders. Appointments were also cancelled amid a blood shortage.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- New York Blood Center
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2025-01-26
- Scale of damage
- Some systems shut down, affiliated organisations affected and appointments cancelled
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The New York Blood Center discovered a ransomware attack.
- The shutdown of some systems, workaround processing of blood supply orders and appointment cancellations came to light.
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