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Cyberattack Disrupts Hampton Regional Medical Center in South Carolina

A cyberattack has disrupted operations at Hampton Regional Medical Center in Varnville, South Carolina, prompting an urgent investigation and widespread concerns about data privacy. Hospital officials confirmed Thursday that staff have lost access to patient medical records following the incident, which occurred earlier this week. The facility serves much of

Cyberattack Suspected at Kansas Hospital as System Outage Disrupts Patient Care

Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, located in El Dorado, Kansas, is investigating a suspected cyberattack after “anomalous activity” was detected on its network, prompting a system-wide outage. The disruption has left patients unable to schedule critical appointments, and a third-party cybersecurity firm has been brought in to assist with the

Cyberattack Hits Tennessee’s Cookeville Regional Hospital, Care Unaffected

Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, Tennessee, reported a network security breach on Sunday involving unauthorized access to its computer systems. Hospital officials said the attack originated from outside the United States and triggered immediate containment measures, including taking the facility’s internet systems offline to protect operations. The hospital’

Central Maine Healthcare Becomes Third Maine Hospital Network Taken Offline by Cyberattack in a Week

Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston, Maine, shut down its IT infrastructure on June 1, 2025, following the detection of unusual activity within its systems, prompting an ongoing investigation into a suspected cyberattack. The organization, which oversees Central Maine Medical Center, Bridgton Hospital, and Rumford Hospital, disabled all IT applications, network

Cyberattack Disrupts Operations at St. Joseph Hospitals in Maine and New Hampshire

St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor, Maine, and its counterpart in Nashua, New Hampshire, both operated by Catholic-based Covenant Health, were hit by a cyberattack on Monday, May 26, 2025. The incident, described by officials as a “cyber incident initiated by an outside group,” forced the organization to shut down all

Cyberattack Disrupts St. Mary’s Health System and Community Clinics in Lewiston, Maine

A cyberattack forced St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, and affiliated Community Clinical Services (CCS) to disconnect from all data systems beginning Monday, May 26, 2025. Officials from Covenant Health, the Catholic nonprofit that owns St. Mary’s, confirmed that the incident was caused by an outside

Ransomware Attack Cripples Kettering Health Systems Across Ohio

Kettering Health, a major hospital network in Dayton, Ohio, experienced a crippling ransomware attack early Tuesday, May 20, 2025, leading to a system-wide technology outage. The breach prompted the cancellation of all elective inpatient and outpatient procedures, disrupted the MyChart patient portal, call center, and phone lines, and forced emergency

JFL Hospital in U.S. Virgin Islands Impacted by Ransomware Attack

Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, successfully contained a ransomware attack detected on Sunday, April 27, 2025, without disrupting clinical services. The breach, confirmed by Governor Albert Bryan Jr. during an April 29 briefing, targeted the hospital’s IT systems

DHR Health Cyberattack Disrupts Texas Hospital Systems

DHR Health, based in Edinburg, Texas, experienced a cyberattack on March 20, 2025, disrupting its information systems. The hospital reports that all facilities, including clinics, remain operational, though some technical issues, such as phone system outages, have been reported. It has not confirmed whether patient or staff data was compromised.

Ransomware Attack Disrupts Health Services in FSM

A ransomware attack struck the Yap Department of Health Services in Colonia, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, on March 11, 2025, at 3 p.m., forcing officials to take the entire network offline. The attack disrupted internet connectivity, disabled email communication, and shut down digital health systems. As a precaution,