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From Breitbart: The University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, a critical level-one trauma hospital, has been severely impacted by a ransomware attack, leading to the diversion of emergency patients to nearby facilities. With the only level-one trauma center within 400 miles crippled, West Texas residents have been placed at significant risk by America’s failure to fight cybercrime.
The Register reports that the University Medical Center (UMC) in Lubbock, Texas, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, forcing the hospital to turn away ambulances and limit its operations. The cyberattack, which occurred on Friday, has caused significant disruptions to the hospital’s services, highlighting the growing threat of ransomware to critical healthcare infrastructure.
UMC, a non-profit hospital and the only level-one trauma center within a 400-mile radius, plays a crucial role in providing emergency care to severely ill patients. The hospital maintains a team of specialists around the clock to handle the most critical cases. Any disruption to its services could have life-threatening consequences for patients in need of urgent medical attention.
In response to the attack, the hospital has taken precautionary measures by temporarily diverting incoming emergency and non-emergency patients via ambulance to nearby health facilities until the issue is resolved. The hospital is working to minimize disruptions to patient care and critical services while the investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
The ransomware attacks on hospitals, healthcare organizations and emergency services has been increasing at an alarming rate.
“In the past two years, two-thirds of surveyed healthcare facilities have suffered at least one ransomware infection, with over half paying criminals to regain control of their networks,” Breitbart explained.
WATCH:
Ransomware Attack Disrupts Lubbock’s University Medical Center#RansomwareAttack #HealthcareNews #CyberSecurity #PatientSafety #LubbockUMC #BreakingNews #ITOutage #MedicalFacilities #CrisisManagement #EmergencyServices pic.twitter.com/xLBhPedD4B
— CISO Marketplace (@CisoMarketplace) September 29, 2024
Ransomware forces hospital to turn away ambulances https://t.co/k9VqgWXopc
— The Register (@TheRegister) September 30, 2024
Other hospitals hit by ransomware attacks this week:
Weiser Memorial Hospital, Weiser, Idaha
The ransomware group: “Embargo” has encrypted the Weiser Memorial Hospital. This hospital is located in Weiser, Idaho. It’s a nonprofit that runs at a yearly loss.
In a nutshell: they attacked a nonprofit hospital that runs at a 700k a year loss. pic.twitter.com/D08tOHM0Tn
— Malcore (@Malcoreio) September 30, 2024
College Hospital Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa, CA
Cyberattack
The College Hospital Costa Mesa in the USA has reportedly been breached by the LockBit ransomware group. It is claimed that a massive 1.09 terabytes of data were stolen from the hospital.
Ransom deadline: 15th Oct 24.
#cybersecurity #infosec #infosecurity pic.twitter.com/L9p49gCLBo— ViPr Lab (@vipr_lab) September 30, 2024
The Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas
Cyberattack
The hacking group known as Black Suit ransomware has announced that they successfully infiltrated The Menninger Clinic located in the USA.
#cybersecurity #infosec #infosecurity pic.twitter.com/b1g8xV8kKP— ViPr Lab (@vipr_lab) October 1, 2024
Community Hospital of Anaconda, Anaconda, Montana
🚨 MEOW Ransomware Alert 🚨
Community Hospital of Anaconda 🇺🇸
Certified as a Community Trauma Facility with emergency physicians on-site, the hospital has fallen victim to MEOW ransomware. The group claims to have obtained 540 GB of the organization’s data.#USA#MEOW… pic.twitter.com/MvCE0J8URa
— FalconFeeds.io (@FalconFeedsio) September 30, 2024
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