Ransomware group claims attack on Missouri’s Cedar County Memorial Hospital after IT outage
Ransomware group claims attack on Cedar County Memorial Hospital in Missouri, forcing IT shutdown that disrupted EHRs and diverted emergency patients.
Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Missouri shut down its IT networks on August 14 after a disruption left its electronic health record system, patient portal, and internet access unavailable. A ransomware group subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack. Diagnostic imaging was also disrupted, preventing transmission of images to radiologists, and the emergency department partially diverted trauma and critical patients.
- Hospital shut down IT networks Aug 14 after disruption to EHR and patient portal
- Ransomware group publicly claimed responsibility for the incident
- Diagnostic imaging could not be transmitted to radiologists
- Emergency department partially diverted trauma and critical patients
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DysruptionHub reports: Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, shut down its IT networks Aug. 14 after a disruption left its electronic health record, patient portal and internet access unavailable. The outage also disrupted diagnostic imaging.
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