Cyberattack Hits Medical Facilities In Multiple US States

The hospitals had to go back to using old-fashioned ways of record keeping, such as using pen and paper instead of computers to input and store information on patients.

UNITED STATES - A cyberattack hit over a hundred medical facilities in five different U.S. states Friday, including sixteen hospitals, forcing them to close down emergency rooms and redirect ambulances.

After ransomware was found on the computer systems of Prospect Medical Holdings, which is a company that owns hospitals and at least 165 outpatient facil…