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Mississippi hospital system closes all clinics after ransomware attack
The ransomware attack forced UMMC to close 35 clinics statewide and cancel elective outpatient procedures, with over 10,000 employees and 70,000 patients affected, officials said.
- On Friday, the University of Mississippi Medical Center closed its 35 clinics statewide after a Thursday ransomware attack, while hospitals and emergency departments remained open.
- Officials said the breach affected key systems including Epic, disrupting electronic medical records access as UMMC shut down IT systems and local servers, warning the shutdown could last days.
- Staff are treating patients using manual, pen-and-paper processes while outpatient surgeries and imaging were canceled, except dialysis at the Jackson Medical Mall, and UMMC's phone and websites were down.
- Federal investigators are responding and the FBI said it is surging resources to help restore systems, while UMMC said the outage is expected to last multiple days and canceled appointments will be rescheduled.
- Officials say it's unknown whether patient data were accessed as assessments continue, county health departments rely on paper charts, and experts note ransomware hit hundreds of U.S. health organizations in recent years.
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Major cyberattack forces closure of clinics across Mississippi
A ransomware attack has forced one of Mississippi’s largest health care systems to close clinics across the state on Friday, raising larger concerns about the cybersecurity of medical facilities across the country.
Cyberattack causes UMMC to close clinics, cancel appointments for second day - Daily Leader
The University of Mississippi Medical Center closed all its statewide clinics and canceled many appointments Thursday and Friday after a cybersecurity attack shut down all its computer systems, an incident officials expect to last multiple days. The state’s only academic medical center said in a Facebook post that many of its IT systems are down after the attack. That includes the electronic medical record system, which stores patient medical hi…
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