110 Nursing Homes Cut Off from Health Records in Ransomware Attack
Summary: A ransomware strain called Ryuk was launched inside the networks of Virtual Care Provider Inc., a Milwaukee-based IT firm serving about 110 nursing homes and acute-care facilities in 45 states, at around 1:30 a.m. CT on Nov. 17, encrypting the data it hosts for clients and demanding roughly $14 million in Bitcoin. VCPI chief executive Karen Christianson said the attack affected nearly all core offerings, including Internet service, email, patient records, billing, phone systems and payroll for nearly 150 employees, and that the firm cannot afford the ransom.
Bottom line: Christianson described clients where nurses cannot get drug orders updated in time and a single-unit assisted living facility that closes its doors if its billing does not reach Medicaid by December 5 - the downstream cost of one vendor's compromise landing on patient care.
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