Cancer treatments cancelled after Canadian hospitals hit by ransomware attack
A ransomware attack impacting five hospitals in southwestern Ontario, Canada,
has seen hackers gain access to a database containing 5.6 million patient
visits, and the social insurance numbers of over 1400 employees.
The attack against IT service provider TransForm, which took place on October
23, resulted in outages in IT systems at Windsor Regional Hospital, Erie Shores
HealthCare, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare, Bluewater Health and Chatham-Kent
Health Alliance, leaving patients facing appointm