UT Health East Texas hospital disruption confirmed as ransomware
SpilloverSpillover from the another organisation incident · View original incident →Hospital operations were disrupted at UT Health East Texas. On 27 November 2023, the cause of the disruption was confirmed to be a ransomware attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- UT Health East Texas
- Original incident
- Ransomware attack forces hospitals in several US states to divert emergency patients
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption to hospital operations
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The disruption to hospital operations at UT Health East Texas was confirmed to have been caused by a ransomware attack.
Original incident
This is spillover from the another organisation incident.
Ransomware attack forces hospitals in several US states to divert emergency patients
Impact: Disruption to emergency patient intake at hospitals in at least 4 US states
A hospital chain spanning several US states was hit by a ransomware attack, disrupting its systems and A&E operations. Hospitals in at least 4 states diverted emergency patients and ambulances to other medical facilities. Some emergency departments resumed services on 29 November.
Related reports: 11 · last report →
4 related reports
- Outage at East Texas hospital identified as ransomware attack
- UT Health East Texas Confirms “Potential Security Incident” Raising Data Breach Concerns Among Patients
- UT Health East Texas medical records access slowed by cyberattack
- Mercy Health patients among giant data breach affecting 8.9 million people, company says
The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.