Doctors lost access to patient records and schedules at the Ruston practice; the clinic has not publicly confirmed the cause or a restoration timeline.
The 2023 insider attack cut off administrative access and brought a $750,000 extortion demand; records describe plans to target thousands of computers.
In-person services continued, but the parish website was still unreachable Wednesday evening and officials had not identified which systems were affected.
Schools stayed open despite interrupted internet, email and Chromebook access; the district received an extortion demand and is still restoring systems.
