Fierce Health Payers October 2, 2020
Almost a week after being hit with a massive cyber attack, Universal Health Service still hasn’t fully recovered its IT systems.
Computer systems at health system began to fail Sept. 27, leading to a network shutdown at 250 of its hospitals around the country
UHS said in a statement Thursday it was “making steady progress” but did not indicate when the systems would be fully restored. Facilities are using established back-up processes including offline documentation methods, the health system said.
The organization was hit with a notorious ransomware strain known as Ryuk, according to media reports. It’s just the latest example of the growing cyber threats facing hospitals and health systems already reeling from the impact of the COVID-19...
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