Ransomware attack disrupts medical record access at hospital in Busan's Saha District
A spine and joint specialty hospital in Saha District, Busan, suffered an IT system disruption following a ransomware attack on November 2, 2026. The inability to access roughly a year's worth of medical records, patient information, and test and prescription data also disrupted new inpatient admissions and discharge billing. The attackers demanded a large sum in Bitcoin to restore the data, and the hospital carried out recovery work.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-11-02
- Scale of damage
- Access to roughly a year's worth of medical records and other data disrupted; new inpatient admissions and discharge billing affected
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- A ransomware attack disrupted the hospital's IT systems, blocking access to patient information and medical records.
- It emerged that the hospital was carrying out recovery work and that the attackers had demanded a large sum in Bitcoin.
- It was disclosed that the data available for recovery only extended to September 11 of the previous year.
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