{"id":2241232,"date":"2024-05-09T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T22:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-u-s-health-care-system-targeted-in-suspected-cyberattack-hospital-operations-disrupted\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T18:30:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T22:30:25","slug":"massive-u-s-health-care-system-targeted-in-suspected-cyberattack-hospital-operations-disrupted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-u-s-health-care-system-targeted-in-suspected-cyberattack-hospital-operations-disrupted\/","title":{"rendered":"Large U.S. Healthcare System Hit by Cyberattack, Hospital Services Impacted"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassive-u-s-health-care-system-targeted-in-suspected-cyberattack-hospital-operations-disrupted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ascension Health, a major U.S. health care\u200d network, faced a cyberattack impacting system access. The incident, detected on Wednesday, led to disruptions in clinical operations across its vast network of 140 hospitals. Patient care safety\u200c measures were activated, with investigations\u2064 ongoing\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commerce-secretary-gina-raimondos-email-breached-by-chinese-cyber-spies-report\/\" title=\"Chinese cyber spies reportedly breached the email of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.\">safeguard sensitive information<\/a>. Patients experienced delays in hospital visits, highlighting the broader impact of the cyber event on healthcare services.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Ascension Health, one of the nation\u2019s largest health care networks, said it was targeted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cyberattack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cyberattack<\/a> on Wednesday, which interrupted \u201caccess to some systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ascension released a <a href=\"https:\/\/about.ascension.org\/news\/2024\/05\/network-interruption-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, saying that it \u201cdetected unusual activity on select technology network systems,\u201d adding that it believes the unusual activity was \u201cdue to a cyber event.\u201d The St. Louis-based group is the fourth-largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/rankings-and-ratings\/100-largest-hospitals-and-health-systems-in-the-us-2023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health care<\/a> system in the U.S. with around 140 hospitals. Ascension also runs a pharmacy system, but the group didn\u2019t say whether its pharmacy network was affected by the cyber event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur care teams are trained for these kinds of disruptions and have initiated procedures to ensure patient care delivery continues to be safe and as minimally impacted as possible,\u201d the statement added. \u201cThere has been a disruption to clinical operations, and we continue to assess the impact and duration of the disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The health care group added that it is investigating the cybersecurity event to see if any of its patients\u2019 sensitive information was compromised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould we determine that any sensitive information was affected, we will notify and support those individuals in accordance with all relevant regulatory and legal guidelines,\u201d Ascension said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected cyberattack affected some patients\u2019 hospital visits, including a man in Southfield, Michigan, who checked himself into the hospital fearing his cancer had returned. Zackery Lopez said he had to wait seven hours just to receive some pain medication, adding that he witnessed chaos on the hospital floor as staff tried to deal with the cyber event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now it is crazy. Nurses are running around. Doctors are running around. There\u2019s no computers whatsoever they can use,\u201d Lopez told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/ascension-hospital-cyber-attack-disrupts-patients-visit-for-potential-cancer-diagnosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox 2<\/a>. \u201cSo, they\u2019re actually using charts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals and pharmacies have been targeted more often in cyberattacks in recent years, falling prey to cybercriminals who hack into a system to lock up sensitive information or critical health care files and hold it for ransom, CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cybersecurity-investigators-worry-ransomware-attacks-may-worsen-as-young-hackers-in-us-work-with-russians-60-minutes-transcript\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab4i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Often, these cybercriminals are based in foreign nations, especially Russia.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chelsea-clinton-sits-on-board-of-company-accused-of-defrauding-investors\/\" title=\"Chelsea Clinton Sits on Board of Company Accused of Defrauding Investors\">health insurance company<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-health-insurance-company-hit-with-cyberattack-from-suspected-nation-state-actor-crippling-pharmacies-ability-to-process-prescriptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted<\/a> by a cyberattack from what it believed to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-health-insurance-company-hit-with-cyberattack-from-suspected-nation-state-actor-crippling-pharmacies-ability-to-process-prescriptions\/\" title=\"U.S. health insurer targeted by cyberattack from 'suspected nation-state,' disrupting prescription processing at pharmacies\">foreign \u201cnation-state\u201d actor<\/a>. UnitedHealth Group,\u00a0one of the largest health insurance agencies in the country, said in February that its subsidiary Change Healthcare was targeted by a suspected nation-state actor that gained access to its system and resulted in some of its pharmacies being unable to process prescriptions for insurance companies to receive payment.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ascension Health, a major healthcare network, faced a cyberattack disrupting system access. Unusual activity on tech systems prompted concern, leading to the belief of a cyber event. 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