Scripps Cyberattack Causes Widespread Hospital Outages
The San Diego-based hospital system diverted ambulances to other medical centers after a suspected ransomware attack. Scripps Health, a hospital network based in San Diego, was hit by a cyberattack over the weekend, forcing some critical-care patients to be diverted, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Scripps acknowledged the attack in a statement but didn’t specify whether it was a ransomware incident. It’s also unknown whether the adversaries compromised any patient records or other sensitive data. Join Threatpost for “Fortifying Your Business Against Ransomware, DDoS & Cryptoj...