{"id":57266,"date":"2024-10-01T13:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/36414\/Ransomware-Forces-Hospital-To-Turn-Away-Ambulances.html"},"modified":"2024-10-01T13:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:29:13","slug":"ransomware-forces-hospital-to-turn-away-ambulances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/ransomware-forces-hospital-to-turn-away-ambulances\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware Forces Hospital To Turn Away Ambulances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ransomware scumbags have caused a vital hospital to turn away ambulances after infecting its computer systems with malware.<\/p>\n

The University Medical Center in Lubbock, west Texas, has been forced<\/a> to severely limit operations following the cyberattack. The non-profit hospital was hit on Friday by ransomware operators. Services are still being<\/a> disrupted, although most emergency care facilities are operating at present.<\/p>\n

“Out of an abundance of caution, we will continue to temporarily divert incoming emergency and non-emergency patients via ambulance to nearby health facilities until this issue is resolved,” the US hospital said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n