Cyberattack takes down network at Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital
Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, United States, suffered a cyberattack and took its systems and network offline. As the network outage lasted for weeks, parents struggled to get care for their children. The hospital confirmed the attack was by a known criminal threat actor and, as of February 8, had not given a timeline for recovery.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Lurie Children's Hospital
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Systems and network outage and disruption to access to care
- Cause / method
- Cyberattack by a known criminal threat actor
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It was reported that Lurie Children's Hospital had taken its systems offline after a cyberattack.
- The hospital confirmed the attack was by a known criminal threat actor, and parents' difficulties in accessing care came to light.
- The network outage caused by the cyberattack lasted for weeks.
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