Auburn, Indiana hospital, DeKalb Health, transfers patients to alternative care facilities after ransomware infected their administrative systems…
DeKalb Health found themselves the most recent victim of a ransomware infection. Earlier this month, ransomware took hold of their administrative systems. Luckily, DeKalb had a disaster recovery plan in place in such systems were to fail. They were able to maintain a certain level of operations; however for more sensitive cases they had to transfer patients to other health care facilities to ensure proper care could be provided. It is not being disclosed if a ransom was demanded, or paid. According to 21Alive, DeKalb Health is currently employing a third party forensics firm to investigate how their systems were infected.
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