Here we go again with another Children’s hospital getting hacked, attacked, and brutalized as they have no way to defend from actors.
Lurie Children’s Hospital took systems offline after cyberattack came from Databreaches and tipped me off.
You can read this article if you wish, but it does lead to Bleeping Computer’s article Lurie Children’s Hospital took systems offline after cyberattack which I read.
No ransomware group has since taken responsibility for the attack, and we don’t know if this is a ransomware attack to begin with.
Lockbit as we know went after hospitals and this was discussed in this article by Bleeping Computer.
Luckily, while this is the largest hospital for children who need help in Chicago, they’re running the best they can, including reverting back to paper prescriptions among other things.
Lurie Children’s is a Chicago-based pediatric acute care hospital with 360 beds, 1,665 physicians covering 70 sub-specialties, and 4,000 medical staff and employees. It is one of the most important pediatric hospitals in the country, providing care for over 200,000 children annually.
The healthcare provider previously stated that the incident impacted the hospital’s internet, email, phone services, and ability to access the MyChat platform. Those suffering from a healthcare emergency were advised to dial 911 or visit their nearest emergency department.
Despite the so-called guidelines set by ransomware operators, which instruct affiliates to refrain from targeting hospitals, various ransomware gangs ignore these policies and continue to target healthcare organizations.
This last paragraph is the most important item i want to highlight. And, I did skip different paragraphs and only used one quote set.
I could in fact go in to a huge diatribe, but so far, my previous attempts of the schools has potentially failed this.
I think this article is right. They have guidelines, and that’s for good public relations. Good PR means that you can be trusted. But when you continue to show us folk with articles like this one that you attacked a hospital, a school, or some other critical place that people may need, than you just don’t give a fuck.
Its OK not to give a fuck. Luckily, taking systems offline is the only way for ransomware not to infect the entire network. But this goes back to human common sense. How did the infection get there in the first place? After this incident, will people be briefed on what happened, shown what to look for in the future so they can learn? I highly doubt it.
Again, the bleeping computer article is titled Lurie Children’s Hospital took systems offline after cyberattack and you’re welcome to read it.
I’ll get off my soap box and go back to work. We’ll be in touch, I’m sure!