Ransomware attack forces Brockton Hospital to divert ambulances and disrupts care
Brockton Hospital in Massachusetts suffered operational disruptions due to a ransomware attack. The hospital diverted ambulances elsewhere and cancelled some services. On 15 April, it was reported that the hospital planned to keep its downtime procedures for the IT outage in place for another two weeks.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Brockton Hospital
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption to hospital operations, including ambulance diversions and cancellation of some services
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Brockton Hospital diverted ambulances and cancelled some services due to a cybersecurity incident.
- Disruptions to hospital operations caused by the cyber-attack continued.
- It was reported that downtime procedures for the IT outage caused by the ransomware attack would remain in place for another two weeks.
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