{"id":23773,"date":"2021-11-04T07:46:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T11:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/?p=23773"},"modified":"2021-11-04T07:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T11:46:23","slug":"newfoundland-healthcare-system-targeted-by-a-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/newfoundland-healthcare-system-targeted-by-a-cyberattack\/","title":{"rendered":"Newfoundland healthcare system targeted by a cyberattack"},"content":{"rendered":"
It was recently reported that the IT outage that affected the Newfoundland healthcare system was caused by a cyberattack.<\/p>\n
Indeed, an investigation is open to identify the origin of the attack and determine if it was a ransomware attack. It is still unclear if digital data such as patient records, lab results, and x-rays were lost or not.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, backups at the provincial levels exist and the center is working hard to understand fully the attack.\u00a0As a result, the province\u2019s Western Health region had to cancel all but emergency services to the 80,000 people it covers.<\/p>\n
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It was recently reported that the IT outage that affected the Newfoundland healthcare system was caused by a cyberattack. Indeed, an investigation is open to identify the origin of the attack and determine if it was a ransomware attack. It is still unclear if digital data such as patient records, lab results, and x-rays were…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123458,"featured_media":23774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3239,1158],"tags":[3597,448,83,112],"yoast_head":"\n