Ransomware attack on southeastern US blood center disrupts hospitals
A blood center that supplies blood to 250 hospitals in the southeastern US was hit by a ransomware attack that knocked its computers offline. Recovery was under way on August 6, 2024, and on August 13 hospitals were still struggling with the aftermath of the attack on the blood center.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Blood center 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 center supplying 250 hospitals in the southeastern US were down due to a ransomware attack.
- The blood center was reported to be recovering from the ransomware attack.
- Hospitals were reported to be struggling with the aftermath of the attack on the blood center.
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