Security News > 2020 > October > Hacked Hospital Chain Says All 250 US Facilities Affected
The hospital chain Universal Health Services said Thursday that computer services at all 250 of its U.S. facilities were hobbled in last weekend's malware attack and efforts to restore hospital networks were continuing.
Doctors and nurses at affected hospitals and clinics, many already burdened with coronavirus care, have had to rely on manual record-keeping, with lab work slowed.
Company spokeswoman Jane Crawford said via email that all 250 U.S. facilities were affected.
UHS workers reached by The Associated Press at company facilities in Texas and Washington, D.C., earlier in the week described mad scrambles after the outage began to render care, including longer emergency room waits and anxiety over determining which patients might be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.
UHS operates hospitals and clinics, many treating behavioral health and addiction problem.