Security News > 2020 > September > UHS Shuts Down Systems in U.S. Hospitals Following Cyberattack
Universal Health Services over the weekend shut down the IT networks at multiple hospitals in the United States, after being hit with a cyberattack.
On Monday, some of the company's employees took to Reddit to share information on a cyberattack that forced the shutdown of computers at UHS facilities nationwide.
Numerous Reddit users claiming to work at UHS facilities across the country revealed that systems started being shut down on Sunday, soon after midnight, and that employees were forbidden to turn on computers or the Internet.
UHS published a statement confirming that its IT network across facilities is suffering an outage due to a cyberattack.
Hospitals in the Valley Health System, which appear affiliated to UHS, were also impacted, local news outlets report.