UNM Health ransomware attack disrupts patient care, surgeries
A ransomware incident at a US academic health system disrupted surgeries and patient care, underscoring the operational-safety stakes of ransomware in healthcare.
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The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center disclosed a cyberattack that caused system outages and disrupted patient care and academic activities. [...]
Editorial Analysis
Healthcare ransomware events with direct patient-care impact reinforce the sector's attractiveness to threat actors and the need for resilient clinical IT architectures.
Review your organisation's healthcare-sector ransomware playbook and ensure clinical-system segmentation is tested.
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