MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) In February, Vermonters were enjoying a regular winter, traveling, eating in restaurants and meeting friends without undue fear of getting sick. A few short weeks.
Vermont briefs: Hospital says cyberattack was ransomware; schools may merge accreditation
The Associated Press
Modified: 12/23/2020 8:50:12 PM
BURLINGTON A Vermont-based hospital network is now saying a cyberattack that crippled its computer systems in October was ransomware.
While the Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network, which serves hospitals in Vermont and upstate New York, had said its systems were attacked on Oct. 28, officials had not confirmed the attack that disabled the system’s 600 applications was ransomware.
On Tuesday, hospital officials said its information technology workers found a file directing them to contact the attackers if they wanted their systems restored, but it did not contain a request for money.
Vermont hospital says cyberattack was ransomware
December 23, 2020 GMT
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) A Vermont-based hospital network is now saying a cyberattack that crippled its computer systems in October was ransomware.
While the Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network, which serves hospitals in Vermont and upstate New York, had said its systems were attacked on Oct. 28, officials had not confirmed the attack that disabled the system’s 600 applications was ransomware.
On Tuesday, hospital officials said its information technology workers found a file directing them to contact the attackers if they wanted their systems restored, but it did not contain a request for money.
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PHOTO PROVIDEDUniversity of Vermont Health Network, Elizabethtown Community Hospital Nurse Manager Victoria Savage leads the hospital s COVID-19 unit, which offers a safe space for post-acute coronavirus patients from area hospitals to recover and rehabilitate. featured
By CARA CHAPMAN Press-Republican
Dec 21, 2020
PHOTO PROVIDEDUniversity of Vermont Health Network, Elizabethtown Community Hospital Nurse Manager Victoria Savage leads the hospital s COVID-19 unit, which offers a safe space for post-acute coronavirus patients from area hospitals to recover and rehabilitate.
ELIZABETHTOWN â University of Vermont Health Network, Elizabethtown Community Hospital has found its place helping the North Country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by creating a dedicated unit where post-acute patients can safely recover.