A cyberattack on US hospitals and clinics disrupts their computer systems and emergency services, forcing them to use paper records and human intervention.
report, the White House said it was monitoring the situation and offered federal assistance to the company. Adrienne Watson, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, said in a statement that “the Department of Health and Human Services has been in contact with the company to offer federal assistance, and we are ready to provide support as needed to prevent any disruption to patient care as a result of this incident.
“These are threat-to-life crimes, which risk not only the safety of the patients within the hospital but also risk the safety of the entire community that depends on the availability of that emergency department to be there,” Riggi said. The attack disrupted services at various other facilities nationwide. For example, in Pennsylvania, four facilities suffered from the attack, such as the Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland and the Springfield Hospital in Springfield. In California, the company operates seven hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties, which include a 130-bed acute care hospital in Los Angeles and two behavioral health facilities.
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