Ascension Responding to Cyberattack Affecting Clinical Care
Hospital Chain Told Business Partners to ‘Temporarily’ Disconnect During Response
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 9, 2024
Read the full article in Healthcare InfoSecurity
Errol Weiss, chief security officer at the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC), said businesses should heed Ascencion’s directive to disconnect but shouldn’t overreact. “Shutting down services and disconnecting from more systems than recommended will only make the incident impact worse,” he said.
Health-ISAC is following the Ascension incident and is prepared to provide any information it is permitted to share as soon as possible, Weiss said.
- Related Resources & News
- Healthcare Heartbeat 2024 Q4
- Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 2-19-2025
- Podcast: Reflecting on the Change Healthcare cyberattack
- Senate Confirms Trump Pick RFK Jr. to Lead HHS
- The Alarming Backdoor Hiding in 2 Chinese Patient Monitors
- Health-ISAC 2025 Health Sector Cyber Threat Landscape
- How Health Systems Manage Security in the Cloud
- Change Healthcare Attack a Wake-up Call for the Industry
- Five High-Impact Cyberattacks Healthcare Industry Should Avoid in 2025
- Health-ISAC Hacking Healthcare 2-11-2025