Hackers Cripple Five Ontario Hospitals by Hitting a Single Service Provider

Five hospitals in Canada are unable to continue normal caretaking of patients due to a cyberattack against their joint service provider. Non-emergency patients are told to visit their local clinic. TransForm Shared Service Organization is a shared service organization founded by five hospitals in Erie St. Clair, Ontario, to manage their IT, supply chain and accounts payable needs. In a news release [https://www.transformsso.ca/2023/10/23/immediate-release-systems-outage-update/] issued Monday